Rating:
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Lake Wilson Bridge

Russell County, Kansas

Photo 

Overview

Photo taken 1997 by Brent D. Gardner

BH Photo #103185

Map 

Facts 

Overview
Pony truss bridge over a branch of Lake Wilson on Reservoir Road(?)
Location
Russell County, Kansas
Status
Closed to traffic as of 1997
Design
Pin-connected, 3-panel Pratt pony truss
Approximate latitude, longitude
+38.93598, -98.65692   (decimal degrees)
38°56'10" N, 98°39'25" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
14/529735/4309728 (zone/easting/northing)
Inventory number
BH 18474 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

3-panel truss (174)
Kansas (3,276)
Mystery (96)
Pin-connected (5,065)
Pony truss (17,239)
Pratt pony truss (4,026)
Pratt truss (10,545)
Russell County, Kansas (34)
Truss (36,814)
Unknown status (1,742)

Update Log 

  • August 28, 2006: Posted photo from Brent D. Gardner

Sources 

  • Brent Gardner - brent [dot] gardner [at] yahoo [dot] com
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Comments 

Lake Wilson Bridge
Posted August 16, 2021, by Don Morrison

Old structure in 4/2016 Google Earth imagery(low water), but doesn't appear to have been a truss.

38.93645247045178, -98.6143847312495

Lake Wilson Bridge
Posted August 15, 2021, by Nick Schmiedeler (nick [at] nickschmiedeler [dot] com)

This one either removed or usually inundated - visited this weekend, Lake water not especially high, bridge nowhere to be seen