Facts
- Overview
- Abandoned bowstring through truss bridge over Marmaton River, northeast of Fort Scott
- Location
- Bourbon County, Kansas
- Status
- Abandoned
- History
- Built ca. 1878
- Builder
- - King Iron Bridge Co.
- Design
- Three span Bowstring truss
Reportedly this bridge originally consisted of
1 Bowstring pony truss.
1 Bowstring through truss.
1 Bowstring pony truss. - Recognition
- Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on May 11, 1982
- Also called
- Military Bridge
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +37.85923, -94.67069 (decimal degrees)
37°51'33" N, 94°40'14" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 15/353032/4191511 (zone/easting/northing)
- USGS topographic map
- Fort Scott
- Inventory numbers
- NRHP 82002652 (National Register of Historic Places reference number)
BH 36897 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Comments
Marmaton Bridge
This website has photos.
http://undergroundozarks.com/blog/sertile/index.php/2006/05/30/old_military_bridge_fort_scott_ks
Marmaton Bridge
I should mention that I have not actually seen this bridge. It is listed on the NRHP however.
Marmaton Bridge
This bridge may or may not still be standing. The roads in both directions dead-end well before they approach the river.