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This eight panel, riveted Pratt through truss is located west of Cedar Point, Kansas and immediately east of the Chase-Marion County Line. The bridge is easily visible from US 50. Photo taken by Robert Elder in February 2008 |
Facts
- Overview
- Through truss bridge over Cottonwood River on Main Street at Cedar Point
- Location
- Chase County, Kansas
- Status
- Open to traffic
- History
- Built 1916 by the Missouri Valley Bridge Co.
- Builder
- - Missouri Valley Bridge & Iron Co. of Leavenworth, Kansas
- Design
- Pratt through truss
- Dimensions
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Length of largest span: 140.1 ft.
Total length: 142.0 ft.
Deck width: 17.1 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 16.0 ft.
- Recognition
- Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on May 9, 2003
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +38.25833, -96.83333 (decimal degrees)
38°15'30" N, 96°49'60" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 14/689568/4236698 (zone/easting/northing)
- USGS topographic map
- Cedar Point
- Inventory numbers
- NRHP 03000376 (National Register of Historic Places reference number)
BH 17521 (Bridgehunter.com ID) - Inspection (as of 04/2006)
- Deck condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Appraisal: Structurally deficient
Sufficiency rating: 23.7 (out of 100) - Average daily traffic (as of 2006)
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