Historic Bridges of the U.S. | Pottawatomie Creek Bridge

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Photo taken by Ruth Reynolds

Overview: Three span through arch bridge over Pottawatomie Creek on Old KS 7 in Osawatomie
Location: Osawatomie, Miami County, Kansas
Status: Open to traffic
History: Built 1932; rehabilitated 1995
Design: Marsh arch
Dimensions: Length of largest span: 120.0 ft.
Total length: 372.9 ft.
Deck width: 23.9 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 30.0 ft.
Recognition: Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on March 10, 1983
Approximate latitude, longitude: +38.48531, -94.95084 (decimal degrees)
38°29'07" N, 94°57'03" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates: 15/329848/4261466 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map: Osawatomie
Inventory numbers: NRHP 83000433 (National Register of Historic Places reference number)
BH 18134 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 11/2008): Deck condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Appraisal: Structurally deficient
Sufficiency rating: 22.2 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2006): 2,911

May 20, 2010: New Street View added by Robert Elder
March 8, 2010: Updated by Robert Elder: Added Street View link
March 2, 2010: Updated by Robert Elder: Made slight adjustment to GPS Coordinates.
October 18, 2009: Updated by Robert Elder: Added Marsh Arch to Categories.
July 8, 2008: Updated by Robert Elder: Updated categories
November 13, 2006: Posted photo from Ruth Reynolds

Pottawatomie Creek Bridge

Posted March 8, 2010, by Robert Elder (robertelder1 [at] gmail [dot] com)

A close look at the street view reveals that butresses may have been removed from the approach spans. This has been noted by KSHS: http://www.kshs.org/resource/national_register/nominationsNRDB/Miami_PottawatomieCreekBridgeNR.pdf