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43rd Street Bridge

Johnson County, Kansas

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43rd Street Bridge

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Photo provided by Keith Gates

License: Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike (CC BY-SA)

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BH Photo #489976

Map 

Street View 

Facts 

Overview
Lost Warren pony truss bridge over a branch of Kansas River on W. 43rd St. in Shawnee, 1.2 mi. E of K-7 Hwy.
Location
Shawnee, Johnson County, Kansas
Status
Lost
History
Built ca. 1920; Replaced 2009
Design
4-panel Warren pony truss
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 69.9 ft.
Total length: 71.8 ft.
Deck width: 14.8 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+39.05056, -94.83944   (decimal degrees)
39°03'02" N, 94°50'22" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
15/340827/4323996 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Edwardsville
Average daily traffic (as of 2007)
74
Inventory number
BH 17877 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection report (as of February 2009)
Overall condition: Poor
Superstructure condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Deck condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 13.6 (out of 100)
View more at BridgeReports.com

Categories 

Built during 1920s (10,112)
Have street view (27,851)
Johnson County, Kansas (47)
Kansas (3,245)
Lost (26,852)
Lost 2009 (350)
Lost during 2000s (4,310)
One-lane traffic (7,668)
Owned by city (5,839)
 Pony truss (16,682)
Replaced by new bridge (18,223)
Shawnee, Kansas (2)
Span length 50-75 feet (10,283)
Total length 50-75 feet (9,417)
Truss (34,240)
Warren pony truss (3,475)
Warren pony truss with alternating verticals (737)
Warren truss (6,789)

Update Log 

  • February 3, 2021: Updated by Tony Dillon: Added replacement date
  • February 3, 2021: New photo from Geoff Hubbs
  • March 12, 2010: Updated by Robert Elder: Added Street View
  • November 16, 2008: Updated by Rick Mattioni: Bridge location updated.

Sources 

  • Rick Mattioni
  • Robert Elder - robertelder1 [at] gmail [dot] com
  • Flickr
  • Geoff Hubbs
  • Tony Dillon - spansaver [at] hotmail [dot] com
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Comments 

43rd Street Bridge
Posted January 12, 2012, by Keith Gates (commuterdude [at] gmail [dot] com)

I came across an old photo of this bridge that might serve to augment the Google Maps streetview picture currently on the web - enjoy. Circa Dec 2008

43rd Street Bridge
Posted July 20, 2009, by Ben Prusia (benprusia [at] gmail [dot] com)

This bridge is currently being replaced by the city of Shawnee:

http://www.cityofshawnee.org/Projects/bridges.html

The bridge no longer exists.