Sumnerville Station Bridge

Photos

Overview

Photo taken by Robert L Elder

BH Photo #103171

Overview: Pony truss bridge over Solomon River on Quaker Road
Location: Ottawa County, Kansas
Status: Closed
History: Built ca. 1930
Design: Riveted, 7-panel Parker pony truss
Dimensions: Length of largest span: 100.0 ft.
Total length: 175.8 ft.
Deck width: 15.4 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude: +39.19764, -97.74487 (decimal degrees)
39°11'52" N, 97°44'42" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates: 14/608382/4339459 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:: Minneapolis North
Average daily traffic (as of 2001): 25
Inventory numbers: KS 000720775904105 (Kansas local bridge number on the National Bridge Inventory)
BH 18363 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection report (as of February 2013): Overall condition: Poor
Superstructure condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Deck condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 25 (out of 100)
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July 7, 2016: Updated by Robert Elder: Edited Status based on forum comment.
March 17, 2010: Updated by Robert Elder: Made slight adjustment to GPS Coordinates
September 6, 2006: Posted photos from Robert L Elder

Sumnerville Station Bridge

Posted July 4, 2016, by Robert Elder (robertelder1 [at] gmail [dot] com)

Thanks for the update. Hopefully it will be retained. Parker pony trusses are rather uncommon.

Sumnerville Station Bridge

Posted July 4, 2016, by Anonymous

This bridge is no longer in use.