Little Walnut Creek Bowstring Bridge

Crawford County, Kansas

Facts 

Overview
Bowstring Pony Truss Bridge over Little Walnut Creek
Location
Crawford County, Kansas
Builder
- King Iron Bridge Co.
Design
Bowstring truss.
Recognition
Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on
Inventory numbers
NRHP 89002174 (National Register of Historic Places reference number)
BH 36902 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Update Log 

  • October 18, 2008: Updated by Robert Elder
  • October 17, 2008: Updated by Kim Harvey: updated status on bridge
  • July 22, 2008: Added by Robert Elder

Sources 

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

Comments 

Little Walnut Creek Bowstring Bridge
Posted October 18, 2008, by Robert Elder (robertelder1 [at] gmail [dot] com)

The fact that this bridge is still standing is great news. Thanks for the pictures, Tom.

Little Walnut Creek Bowstring Bridge
Posted October 17, 2008, by Tom Sevart (n2uhc [at] yahoo [dot] com)

I found this bridge today and it does still stand, as these pictures show.

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Little Walnut Creek Bowstring Bridge
Posted July 22, 2008, by Robert Elder (bass-tbn [at] ku [dot] edu)

I have never seen this bridge and only know about it from the NRHP listing. I have not seen pictures of it, nor do I know if it still exists.