Historic Bridges
of the United States
Tauy Creek Bridge
Franklin County
,
Kansas
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Terraserver USA
Facts
Overview
Through truss bridge over Tauy Creek on Nebraska Road, northeast of Ottawa
Location
Franklin County
,
Kansas
Status
Closed to all traffic
History
Built 1895 by the Kansas City Bridge Co.
Builder
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Kansas City Bridge Co.
of Kansas City, Missouri
Design
Double-intersection Warren through truss
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 100.0 ft.
Total length: 101.0 ft.
Deck width: 15.7 ft.
Recognition
Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on October 25, 1990
Approximate latitude, longitude
+38.66397, -95.22176
(decimal degrees)
38°39'50" N, 95°13'18" W
(degrees°minutes'seconds")
Inventory numbers
NRHP 90001567
(National Register of Historic Places reference number)
BH 17735
(Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection
(as of 09/2006)
Appraisal:
Structurally deficient
Sufficiency rating: 26.2
(out of 100)
Average daily traffic
(as of 2001)
3
Categories
19th Century
(1,727)
Built 1895
(73)
Built during 1890s
(652)
Closed
(1,307)
Franklin County, Kansas
(18)
Kansas
(1,443)
Kansas City Bridge Co.
(14)
NR-listed
(1,472)
Owned by county
(14,149)
Span length 100-125 feet
(2,259)
Structurally deficient
(10,795)
Through truss
(5,219)
Total length 100-125 feet
(2,418)
Truss
(15,753)
Wooden deck
(5,156)
Update Log
February 28, 2008: Updated by Robert Elder: Edited "Design"
October 23, 2006: Posted photos from Robert L Elder
Sources
Robert Elder -
bass-tbn [at] ku [dot] edu
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