Bull Creek Bridge

Map

Location based on 1887 county map and description at http://kshs.org/p/nature-trail-wea-creek-bridge/11888

Overview: Lost Bowstring pony truss bridge over Bull Creek on (Old) Kansas City Road
Location: Paola, Miami County, Kansas
Status: Spans separated and reused, one span relocated again to a park in Topeka.
Future prospects: One span preserved and NRHP listed
History: Built 1870, removed, spans separated and relocated in 1903
Design: Bowstring pony truss
Dimensions: Length of largest span: 69.0 ft.
Total length: 207.0 ft.
Deck width: 13.0 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude: +38.56110, -94.88334 (decimal degrees)
38°33'40" N, 94°53'00" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates: 15/335909/4269754 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:: Paola West
Land survey: T. 17 S., R. 23 E., Sec. 20
Elevation: 840 ft. above sea level
Inventory number: BH 78381 (Bridgehunter.com ID)