Railroad Bridges in , Kansas


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Future Flint Hills Nature Trail - Old US-56 Bridge

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Future Flint Hills Nature Trail - Old US-56 Bridge

This deck plate girder bridge carries an abandoned railroad over a former alignment of US Highway 56

Delavan, Morris County, Kansas

Owner: Morris County

Status: Abandoned, Awaiting Future Trail Development

Built 1931

by

American Bridge Company of New York and Industrial Construction Company of St. Louis, Missouri

for

Missouri Pacific Railroad

Design:
70' deck plate girder and concrete slab

Description:
Deck plate girder bridge over former US Highway 56

Significance:

Local

SKOL Walnut River Bridge

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SKOL Walnut River Bridge

(Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Bridge #247D)

This Pratt through truss bridge carries the South Kansas & Oklahoma Railroad over the Walnut River

Winfield, Cowley County, Kansas

Owner: South Kansas & Oklahoma Railroad

Status: In Use

Built 1903

by

Unknown

for

Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway

Design:
2-140' Pratt through trusses and timber pile trestle

Description:
Pratt through truss bridge over Walnut River

Significance:

Moderate

UP Kansas River Bridge (Kansas City, Middle)

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UP Kansas River Bridge (Kansas City, Middle)

(Union Pacific Railroad Bridge #1.57B)

This Pratt through bridge is the northern of two parallel bridges across the Kansas River

Kansas City, Wyandotte County, Kansas

Owner: Union Pacific Railroad

Status: In Use

Built 1900 and 1911

by

American Bridge Company of New York and Union Bridge & Contracting Company of Kansas City, Missouri

for

Missouri Pacific Railroad

Design:
3-180', 1-196' Pratt through trusses and 22' steel stringer

Description:
Pratt through truss bridge over Kansas River

Significance:

Regional

BNSF Mill Creek Bridge (Holliday)

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BNSF Mill Creek Bridge (Holliday)

(Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Bridge #0A)

This large through plate girder bridge crosses Mill Creek alongside Wilder Road

Holliday, Johnson County, Kansas

Owner: BNSF Railway

Status: In Use

Built 1917

by

American Bridge Company of New York

for

Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway

Design:
105' through plate girder

Description:
Through plate girder bridge over Mill Creek

Significance:

Local

KCT 2nd Street Bridge

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KCT 2nd Street Bridge

This concrete stringer bridge carries the Kansas City Terminal Railway across 2nd Street

Kansas City, Wyandotte County, Kansas

Owner: Kansas City Terminal Railway

Status: In Use

Built 1918

by

D. Munro of Kansas City, Missouri

for

Kansas City Terminal Railway

Design:
35' concrete stringer and 2-14' concrete slab

Description:
Concrete stringer bridge over 2nd Street

Significance:

Local

BNSF Mud Creek Bridge (Abilene)

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BNSF Mud Creek Bridge (Abilene)

(Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Bridge #58.6)

This steel stringer bridge crossed Mud Creek along Cherry Street in Abilene

Abilene, Dickinson County, Kansas

Owner: BNSF Railway

Status: Replaced by a new bridge

Built 1959

by

Bethlehem Steel Company of Bethlehem, Pennsylvania

for

Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway

Design:
1-52', 1-50' steel stringer and timber pile trestle

Description:
Lost steel stringer bridge over Mud Creek

Significance:

Minimal

KYLE Republican River Bridge (Yuma)

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KYLE Republican River Bridge (Yuma)

(Missouri Pacific Railroad Bridge #4929)

This Pratt through truss bridge reopened in 2020 after being damaged in a derailment in 2015

Concordia, Cloud County, Kansas

Owner: Kyle Railroad

Status: In Use

Built c. 1900

by

Unknown

for

Missouri Pacific Railroad

Design:
155' Pratt through truss, 155' and 90' through plate girders, steel stringer and trestle

Description:
Pratt through truss bridge over Republican River

Significance:

Moderate

BNSF Rock Creek Bridge (Rock)

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BNSF Rock Creek Bridge (Rock)

(Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Bridge #217B)

This large Warren through truss bridge crosses Rock Creek near the town of Rock

Rock, Cowley County, Kansas

Owner: BNSF Railway

Status: In Use

Built c. 1940

by

American Bridge Company of New York

for

Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway

Design:

Description:
Warren through truss bridge over Rock Creek

Significance:

Moderate

East Emma Creek Interurban Bridge

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East Emma Creek Interurban Bridge

(Arkansas Valley Interurban Railway East Emma Creek Bridge)

This abandoned closed spandrel concrete arch bridge crosses East Emma Creek along 36th Street east of Halstead

Halstead, Harvey County, Kansas

Owner: Private Owner

Status: Abandoned

Built 1911

by

Interurban Construction Company of Wichita, Kansas

for

Arkansas Valley Interurban Railway

Design:
3-56' closed spandrel concrete arches

Description:
Abandoned closed spandrel concrete arch bridge over East Emma Creek

Significance:

Moderate

BNSF Walnut River Bridge (Middle)

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BNSF Walnut River Bridge (Middle)

(Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Bridge #250C)

This Pratt through truss carries the BNSF Railway across the Walnut River north of US Highway 160

Winfield, Cowley County, Kansas

Owner: BNSF Railway

Status: In Use

Built 1905 and 1919

by

Unknown and American Bridge Company of New York

for

Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway

Design:
148' Pratt through truss, concrete modular girder and timber trestle

Description:
Pratt through truss bridge over Walnut River

Significance:

Moderate