This steel stringer bridge crosses 3rd Street in Fort Scott

Fort Scott, Bourbon County, Kansas

Owner: BNSF Railway

Status: In Use

Built 1925

by

Unknown

for

St. Louis–San Francisco Railway

Design:
1-40', 1-15', 1-12' steel stringer

Description:
Steel stringer bridge over 3rd Street

Significance:

This recycled turntable is now used as a bridge across 11th Street (US Highways 166/169) in Coffeyville

Coffeyville, Montgomery County, Kansas

Owner: South Kansas & Oklahoma Railroad

Status: In Use

Built 1958 using a secondhand turntable fabricated c. 1910

by

American Bridge Company of New York

for

Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway

Design:
75' recycled turntable through plate girder

Description:
Recycled turntable through girder bridge over 11th Street (US Highways 166/169)

Significance:

This Pegram through truss bridge is one of two Pegram spans in Kansas

Minneapolis, Ottawa County, Kansas

Owner: Kyle Railroad

Status: In Use

Built 1914 using a span fabricated 1893

by

Edge Moor Bridge Works of Wilmington, Delaware

for

Union Pacific Railroad

Design:
148' Pegram through truss and timber pile trestle

Description:
Pegram through truss bridge over Pipe Creek

Significance:

This concrete slab bridge utilizes a concrete fascia to appear as a concrete arch

Herington, Dickinson County, Kansas

Owner: Union Pacific Railroad

Status: In Use

Built 1923

by

Cedar Rapids Construction Company of Cedar Rapids, Iowa

for

Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway

Design:
20' concrete slab

Description:
Concrete slab bridge over Vane Road

Significance:

This concrete slab bridge crosses Park Boulevard in Independence

Independence, Montgomery County, Kansas

Owner: South Kansas & Oklahoma Railroad

Status: In Use

Built 1918

by

Unknown

for

Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway

Design:
4 span concrete slab

Description:
Concrete slab bridge over Park Boulevard

Significance:

This deck plate girder bridge crosses East Emma Creek east of Halstead

Halstead, Harvey County, Kansas

Owner: BNSF Railway

Status: In Use

Built 1907

by

American Bridge Company of New York

for

Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway

Design:
2-56' deck plate girders

Description:
Deck plate girder bridge over East Emma Creek

Significance:

This unique Warren through truss bridge is the western railroad bridge across the Kansas River in Topeka

Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas

Owner: Union Pacific Railroad

Status: In Use

Built c. 1903 and 1952 using spans fabricated c. 1905

by

Unknown

for

Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway

Design:
6-153' Warren through trusses

Description:
Warren through truss bridge over Kansas River

Significance:

This Parker through truss bridge once crossed the Marais Des Cygnes River southwest of Pomona

Pomona, Franklin County, Kansas

Owner: BNSF Railway

Status: Replaced by a new bridge

Built 1905

by

American Bridge Company of New York

for

Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway

Design:
200' Parker through truss

Description:
Lost Parker through truss bridge over Marais Des Cygnes River

Significance:

This through plate girder bridge crosses Bell Creek east of Solomon

Solomon, Dickinson County, Kansas

Owner: Union Pacific Railroad

Status: In Use

Built 1901

by

Lassig Bridge & Iron Works of Chicago

for

Union Pacific Railroad

Design:
50' through plate girder

Description:
Through plate girder bridge over Bell Creek

Significance:

This small through plate girder bridge crosses an unnamed creek east of Detroit

Detroit, Dickinson County, Kansas

Owner: Union Pacific Railroad

Status: In Use

Built 1904

by

American Bridge Company of New York

for

Union Pacific Railroad

Design:
35' through plate girder

Description:
Through plate girder bridge over unnamed creek

Significance: