Branch Black Vermillion River-Utah Rd. Bridge

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Photo taken by Nick Schmiedeler in July 2017

BH Photo #395943

Overview: Pony truss bridge over a branch of Black Vermillion River, 1.5 mi. south and 0.5 mi. east of Vermillion
Location: Marshall County, Kansas
Status: Open to traffic
History: Built ca. 1910
Design: 3-panel, pinned Pratt pony truss
Dimensions: Length of largest span: 47.9 ft.
Total length: 64.0 ft.
Deck width: 16.0 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude: +39.69652, -96.25370 (decimal degrees)
39°41'47" N, 96°15'13" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates: 14/735474/4397680 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:: Vermillion
Land survey: T. 4 S., R. 10 E., Sec. 13
Average daily traffic (as of 2007): 10
Inventory numbers: KS 000580935203420 (Kansas local bridge number on the National Bridge Inventory)
BH 18036 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection report (as of July 2018): Overall condition: Poor
Superstructure condition rating: Serious (3 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Deck condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 25.5 (out of 100)
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Posted July 6, 2017, by Robert Elder (robertelder1 [at] gmail [dot] com)

Interesting lattice-less verticals.

Branch Black Vermillion River Bridge

Posted July 6, 2017, by Nick Schmiedeler

Bit of a sketchy pony but still open....holes in the timbers, horizontals a little banged up. Lots of character.