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Facts 

Overview
Two-span stone arch bridge over Silver Creek, 3 miles south and 1 mile east of Tisdale
Location
Cowley County, Kansas
Status
Open to one-lane traffic
History
Built ca. 1890
Design
Stone arch
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 45.9 ft.
Total length: 143.0 ft.
Deck width: 14.1 ft.
Recognition
Posted to the National Register of Historic Places
Approximate latitude, longitude
+37.20100, -96.84322   (decimal degrees)
37°12'04" N, 96°50'36" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
14/691407/4119349 (zone/easting/northing)
Land survey
T. 33 S., R. 5 E., Sec. 1
USGS topographic map
Eaton
Inventory number
BH 17640 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 11/2006)
Deck condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 59.2 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2000)
15

Categories 

19th Century (2,042)
Arch (7,693)
Built during 1890s (800)
Cowley County, Kansas (40)
Deck arch (6,778)
Kansas (1,479)
NR-listed (1,560)
One-lane traffic (6,989)
Open (22,282)
Owned by county (14,356)
Span length 25-50 feet (6,260)
Stone arch (1,382)
Total length 125-175 feet (2,735)

Update Log 

  • February 1, 2008: New photos from Robert Elder

Sources 

  • Robert Elder - bass-tbn [at] ku [dot] edu

Comments 

Silver Creek Bridge
Posted February 3, 2008, by Robert L Elder (robertelder1 [at] gmail [dot] com)

I recently uploaded photos of a nearby bridge on this page by mistake. Those two pics have now been moved to the appropriate bridge page.