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Facts
- Overview
- Two-span pony truss bridge over Big Creek on 140th Avenue, east of Ellis
- Location
- Ellis County, Kansas
- Status
- Open to traffic
- History
- Built ca. 1920
- Design
- North span: Pin-connected, 4-panel Pratt pony truss
South span: Pin-connected, 3-panel Pratt pony truss
- Dimensions
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Length of largest span: 79.0 ft.
Total length: 141.0 ft.
Deck width: 20.0 ft.
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +38.93603, -99.52052 (decimal degrees)
38°56'10" N, 99°31'14" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Inventory number
- BH 17707 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
- Inspection (as of 12/2006)
- Deck condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Appraisal: Structurally deficient
Sufficiency rating: 42.0 (out of 100) - Average daily traffic (as of 2007)
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Comments
Big Creek Bridge, Hays, KS
Classified as "failed" during the week of Jan 28, 2008...
"A representative of the Ellis County Public Works department asked me to spread the word immediately that the bridge on 8th Street on the west edge of campus has failed and will be closed indefinitely.
All traffic will have to reroute over to 12th Street or down Gustad Drive to exit campus from the west."
Big Creek Bridge
Two span pin connected Pratt pony truss over Big Creek. From north to south: 1 pin connected 4 panel Pratt pony truss, 1 pin connected 5 panel Pratt pony truss. This bridge is located on 140 Road.
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