Long Shoals Bridge

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Coordinates: 37 ° 59 ′ 41 ″  N , 94 ° 37 ′ 18 ″  W.

Long Shoals Bridge
Long Shoals Bridge
The disused bridge in 2017
use Road bridge
Crossing of Little Osage River
place Bourbon County , Kansas, United States
overall length 53.6 m
width 4.1 m
Longest span 53.2 m
location
Long Shoals Bridge (Kansas)
Long Shoals Bridge

The Long Shoals Bridge is a historic former road bridge in Bourbon County , in the US state of Kansas , in the United States . The bridge is east of Fulton and spans the Little Osage River . Due to serious structural defects, it was closed to traffic. The traffic volume averaged 30 vehicles per day in 2006.

The bridge, completed in 1902 by the Midland Bridge Company of Kansas City , is 53.6 meters long. The truss of iron has a span of 53.2 meters, with a width of 4.1 meters. The construction is designed in Parker through truss .

The Long Shoals Bridge was on January 4, 1990 by the National Register of Historic Places added under number 89002182 as a historical monument.

Web links

Commons : Long Shoals bridge (Bourbon County, Kansas)  - Collection of images, videos, and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. Entry in the National Register Information System . National Park Service , accessed June 12, 2016