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ATSF - Delaware River Bridge   [Map]
Lost Deck plate girder bridge over Delaware River on Abandoned Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway
Removed but not replaced
Built 1969 to replace older truss bridge; Removed 1998 after NIMBY farmers threw a hissy fit.
ATSF - Delaware River Bridge (Old)   [Map]
Lost Through truss bridge over Delaware River on Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway
Replaced by a new bridge
Built 1897, second truss added 1929; Replaced 1969
Baker Bridge   [Map]
Pratt through truss bridge over Delaware River on abandoned alignment of Kansas State Highway 4 and 16
Closed to all traffic
Built 1950
Big Slough Creek Bridge   [Map]
Through truss bridge over Big Slough Creek on CR 90, 0.3 mi. south and 2.2 mi. west of Oskaloosa
Intact but closed to all traffic
Built 1905
Big Slough Creek Bridge   [Map]
Warren pony truss bridge moved 2018 to private property just west of old 98th St. Slough Creek crossing, now visible at dead end of 102nd St, new bridge at original location.
Bridge in original location over Creek on 98th St. taken up and move 1/2 mile to west on private property, new bridge st original location
Built ca. 1930; rehabilitated 2000
Big Slough Creek Bridge   [Map]
Lost rainbow arch bridge over Big Slough Creek on K-92
Replaced by new bridge
Built 1928; replaced 1998
Branch Crooked Creek Bridge   [Map]
Lost pony truss bridge over a branch of Crooked Creek on Saline Road, 2.3 mi. south and 3.0 mi. east of Nortonville
Lost
Branch Delaware River Bridge   [Map · Street View]
Kingpost pony truss bridge over a branch of Delaware River on CR 206 OS 1, 6.0 mi. north and 6.9 mi. west of Valley Falls
Closed
Built 1909
Branch of Crooked Creek Bridge   [Map]
Lost pony truss bridge over a branch of Crooked Creek on CR 1041, 1.4 mi. south and 3.0 mi. east of Nortonville
Replaced by new bridge
Replaced 1994
Branch Slough Creek Bridge   [Map]
Stone arch bridge over Branch of Slough Creek on McCall Rd.
Open to traffic
Cedar Creek Bridge   [Map]
Rainbow arch bridge over Cedar Creek on K-900 Parks Route (Old K-16) at Perry Wildlife Area
Open to traffic
Built 1928
Cedar Creek-King Rd. Bridge   [Map]
Abandoned pony truss bridge over Cedar Creek on King Road (Abandoned)
Derelict/abandoned
Crooked Creek Bridge   [Map]
Lost pony truss bridge over Crooked Creek on CR 175, 2.7 mi. north and 1.3 mi. west of Winchester
Lost
Built ca. 1910
Crooked Creek Bridge   [Map]
Lost pony truss bridge over Crooked Creek on CR 182, 3.0 mi. south and 3.0 mi. east of Nortonville
Replaced by a new bridge
Built ca. 1910
Crooked Creek Bridge   [Map]
Pony truss bridge over Crooked Creek on Thomas Road, 0.9 mi. south and 4.2 mi. east of Nortonville
Open to traffic
Built ca. 1910; rehabilitated 1999
Crooked Creek Bridge   [Map · Street View]
Lost Through truss bridge over Crooked Creek on CR 202, 4.5 mi. east of Nortonville
Replaced by a new bridge
Built ca. 1910; replaced 2017
Delaware River Bridge   [Map]
Lost bridge over Delaware River on K-4/16
Lost
Replaced 2006
Delaware River Bridge   [Map]
Pratt through truss bridge over Delaware River
Demolished
Delaware River Composite Truss Bridge   [Map · Street View]
Through truss bridge over Delaware River on Coal Creek Road at Valley Falls
Intact but closed to all traffic
Built 1936
Elm Creek Bridge   [Map]
Lost pony truss bridge over Elm Creek on 21st Street, 0.4 mi. north and 7.5 mi. west of Perry
Replaced by a new bridge
Built ca. 1930; replaced 2007
Fish Pond Creek Bridge   [Map · Street View]
Abandoned Timber stringer bridge over Fish Pond Creek on Old State Highway 92
Abandoned
Bypassed by new bridge in 1968
Half Mound Bridge   [Map]
Lost Baltimore through truss bridge over Delaware River on Half Mound Road (FAS 1325)
Removed and replaced by new bridge on new alignment
Purchased from a company in Nebraska and erected by Jefferson County in 1935. Replaced by a new bridge in 1983.
Lecompton-Perry Bridge   [Map]
Lost Parker through truss bridge over Kansas River on Halderman Street.
Replaced by a new bridge a few hundred yards downstream.
Built 1899; Damaged due to floods in 1903, 1905, & 1908; 3 spans lost to ice jam 1910; Razed 1969
Little Muddy Creek Bridge   [Map]
Pratt through truss bridge over Little Muddy Creek on Rees Fruit Farm orchard road
Open to authorized vehicles only, solid, new oak decking 2018
Original old bridge was gifted and moved to Farm from nearby community in 1958
Meriden Rock Creek Bridge   [Map · Street View]
Bowstring pony truss bridge over Rock Creek near Meriden
Replaced by a new bridge, but relocated and preserved
Built ca. 1880; Relocated in 1983 and again ca. 2020.
Mooney Creek Bridge   [Map]
Lost pony truss bridge over Mooney Creek on CR 380A
Replaced by new bridge
Built ca. 1910; replaced 1997
Muddy Creek Bridge   [Map]
Pony truss bridge over Muddy Creek, 6.4 mi. south and 0.6 mi. east of Meriden
Open to traffic
Built ca. 1930
Muddy Creek Bridge   [Map]
Lost Pratt through truss bridge over Muddy Creek
Replaced by a new bridge
North Cedar Creek Bridge   [Map]
Pony truss bridge over North Cedar Creek on CR 178, 1.4 mi. north and 6.5 mi. west of Valley Fall
Replaced by a new bridge
Built ca. 1910
North Cedar Creek Bridge   [Map]
Pratt pony truss bridge over North Cedar Creek
In use on a farm lane, possible old road alignment
North Fork Crooked Creek Bridge   [Map]
Lost pony truss bridge over North Fork Crooked Creek on CR 382, 1.0 mi. south and 1.8 mi. east of Nortonville
Replaced by new bridge
Built 1905; replaced 1997
North Fork Walnut Creek Bridge   [Map]
Lost pony truss bridge over North Fork Walnut Creek on Jackson Road, 4.4 mi. north and 2.0 mi. east of Valley Falls
No longer exists
Built ca. 1910; replaced 2003
Old Jefferson Town Bowstring Bridge   [Map]
Bowstring pony truss bridge over unnamed creek
Open to pedestrians
Built by the King Iron Bridge & Mfg Co. of Cleveland, Ohio. Relocated to Old Jefferson Town in Oskaloosa, Kansas. Added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1990.
Perry Bridge   [Map · Street View]
Through truss bridge over Delaware River on Bridge Street (Old US 24) just west of Perry
Closed in April 2013
Built 1926 by the Midland Bridge Co.
Peter Creek Bridge   [Map]
Abandoned warren pony truss with alternating verticals bridge over Peter Creek on Broadway Street (Abandoned)
Derelict/abandoned
Rock Creek Bridge   [Map]
Lost pony truss bridge over Rock Creek on 122nd Road
No longer exists
Replaced 2003
Rock Creek Bridge   [Map · Street View]
Rainbow arch bridge over Rock Creek
Open to traffic
Built 1926
Rock Creek Bridge   [Map]
Lost pony truss bridge over Rock Creek on CR 406, 3.0 mi. north and 0.6 mi. west of Meriden
Replaced by new bridge
Built ca. 1910; replaced 1997
Slough Creek Bridge   [Map]
Pony truss bridge over Slough Creek on McCall Drive, 1.9 mi. north of Oskaloosa
Open to traffic
Built 1923 on an alignment of US 59. Bypassed between 1953 and 1968.
Union Pacific crossing   [Map]
Lost Bridge over Delaware River on Union Pacific RR
Removed but not replaced
UP - Delaware River Bridge   [Map · Street View]
Two-span skewed through truss railroad bridge over the Delaware River on Union Pacific Railroad
Open to two-track railroad traffic
Built 1905, Second Span Added 1926
UP - Muddy Creek Bridge   [Map]
Through truss bridge over Muddy Creek on Union Pacific Railroad in Grantville
Open to traffic
Built 1905
Wellman Rd. Farm Bridge   [Map]
Pratt pony truss bridge over pond on private property
Built ca. 1915
Wild Horse Creek Bridge   [Map · Street View]
Lost Queenpost pony truss bridge over Wild Horse Creek on CR 39, 3.0 mi. north and 0.8 mi. east of Perry
Lost
Built ca. 1920
Williamstown Buck Creek Bridge   [Map]
Stone arch bridge over Unnamed Creek
Solid early 20th century stone arch with some road-level reinforcements