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Soden Grove Bridge

Lyon County, Kansas

Photos 

Overview

Photo taken by Richard With

BH Photo #103130

Map 

Street Views 

Facts 

Overview
Marsh arch bridge over Cottonwood River on old K-99 at Emporia
Location
Emporia, Lyon County, Kansas
Status
Open to pedestrians only
History
Built 1923; made obsolete by new bridge in 1987
Builders
- Marsh Engineering Co. of Des Moines, Iowa
- Western Bridge Co. of Harrisonville, Missouri
Design
Concrete through Marsh arch
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 126.0 ft.
Recognition
Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on March 10, 1983
Approximate latitude, longitude
+38.38600, -96.18196   (decimal degrees)
38°23'10" N, 96°10'55" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
14/746136/4252403 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Emporia
Inventory numbers
NRHP 83000432 (National Register of Historic Places reference number)
BH 18006 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Arch (12,883)
Built 1923 (654)
Built during 1920s (10,444)
Cottonwood River (Kansas) (27)
Emporia, Kansas (8)
Have street view (30,445)
Kansas (3,292)
Lyon County, Kansas (157)
Marsh Engineering Co. (44)
 Marsh arch (72)
Marsh arch (tied) (17)
NR-listed (3,027)
Open to pedestrians (4,698)
Owned by state (16,771)
Rainbow arch (262)
Span length 125-175 feet (4,603)
Western Bridge Co. (18)

Update Log 

  • May 6, 2021: New photo from Geoff Hubbs
  • July 20, 2020: New photos from Nick Schmiedeler
  • October 19, 2016: Updated by Robert Elder: Added category "Marsh arch (tied)"
  • September 6, 2016: New Street View added by Dana and Kay Klein
  • September 5, 2016: New photo from Ron Reber
  • June 13, 2016: Updated by Nathan Holth: Added main span length.
  • July 11, 2013: New Street View added by Sheldon Wiens
  • March 23, 2012: New photos from Sheldon Wiens
  • July 14, 2010: Updated by Robert Elder: Added to Cottonwood River (Kansas) category
  • March 16, 2010: Updated by Robert Elder: Made slight adjustment to GPS Coordinates
  • March 8, 2010: Updated by Robert Elder: Added Street View link
  • February 4, 2008: New photo from Robert Elder
  • June 10, 2007: Posted photos from Richard With

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Soden Grove Bridge
Posted January 21, 2020, by George A Oakley (Georgeoakley49 [at] yahoo [dot] com)

Excellent video,Bob.I fish around bridges with dams by them.Only thing is I don't think there are any Marsh arch bridges in Pa where I live.

Soden Grove Bridge
Posted January 21, 2020, by Bob Williams (williams [dot] robtj [at] gmail [dot] com)

Here's my drone video of the bridge from a recent trip back to my hometown of Emporia.

https://youtu.be/GEBRJQEC-iM

Soden Grove Bridge
Posted November 4, 2010, by Sheldon Wiens (sheldon_wiens77 [at] hotmail [dot] com)

I thought so. So this bridge was built in 1923 and carried K-99 until 1986. So this bridge carried K-99 for 63 years. Wow! That was a long time.

Soden Grove Bridge
Posted November 1, 2010, by Robert Elder (robertelder1 [at] gmail [dot] com)

Yes, this bridge is on the old alignment of K-99.