County Line Bowstring

Coordinates: 39°39′14″N 97°34′23″W / 39.65389°N 97.57306°W / 39.65389; -97.57306
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County Line Bowstring
MPS
Metal Truss Bridges in Kansas 1861–1939 MPS
NRHP reference No.89002192
Added to NRHPJanuary 4, 1990[1]

The County Line Bowstring is a

bowstring pony truss
.

It is a single-span

Bowstring arch truss bridge which is 80 feet (24 m) long and 16 feet (4.9 m) wide.[2]

The span was built in 1876 by the

Wrought Iron Bridge Co. of Ohio, as one of four spans in a bridge crossing in Concordia, Kansas. Later the four spans were removed to different locations in the area.[2] It crosses West Creek, a tributary to the Republican River
.

As of 2010, the bridge is open to one-lane automobile traffic on a low-maintenance county road.

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. ^ a b Larry Jochims (September 20, 1989). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination". National Park Service. Retrieved November 27, 2017. With eight photos from 1985.