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Springdale Covered Bridge 16-52-01x

Leavenworth County, Kansas

Photos 

Historic American Buildings Survey Douglas Mccleery, Photographer June 1958 Exterior View: South-East

Photo taken by Historic American Buildings Survey

View photos at Library of Congress

BH Photo #129412

Map 

Description 

1954 Leavenworth County highway map shows covered bridge at this location.

http://lostbridges.org/details.aspx?id=KS/16-52-01x&loc=n gives date of loss to fire.

Facts 

Overview
Lost covered bridge over Stranger Creek near Springdale
Location
Leavenworth County, Kansas
Status
No longer exists
History
Built ca. 1859; rehabilitated 1946; struck by lightning and burned 1958
Design
Covered Howe through truss
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 119.2 ft.
Total length: 219.0 ft.
Deck width: 14.0 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 18.8 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+39.27838, -95.10047   (decimal degrees)
39°16'42" N, 95°06'02" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
15/318823/4349772 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Easton
Inventory numbers
WGCB 16-52-01x (World Guide to Covered Bridges number)
BH 17933 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

19th Century (8,634)
Built during 1850s (530)
Covered (2,270)
Destroyed by fire (262)
Destroyed by storm (70)
Howe through truss (527)
Howe truss (657)
Kansas (3,271)
 Leavenworth County, Kansas (38)
Lost (29,049)
Lost 1958 (106)
Lost during 1950s (925)
Span length 100-125 feet (4,573)
Through truss (17,185)
Total length 175-250 feet (4,520)
Truss (35,934)

Update Log 

  • April 18, 2021: New photo from Geoff Hubbs
  • November 7, 2015: New photos from Clark Vance
  • July 7, 2013: Updated by Clark Vance: Added category "Destroyed by fire"
  • December 26, 2012: Updated by Clark Vance: Loss details and link
  • December 6, 2008: New photos from James Baughn

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Springdale Covered Bridge 16-52-01x
Posted October 20, 2015, by Dick Harrison (Holualoaharrison [at] aol [dot] com)

My parents had three or four 35mm colored slide photos of this old bridge, one of them with me on it when I was five years old wearing my brand new roller skates. The photos were taken on July 5th in 1947 and I think the bridge had just been restored, because it was freshly painted and bright red. My parents passed away four years ago and my brother and I have searched for those lost slides, but still haven't found them. Hopefully, someday, I will be able to post them on this site.