The Little Walnut River Pratt Truss Bridge is a Pratt truss bridge constructed shortly after 1885, in

Bois d'Arc, Kansas Bois d'Arc is an unincorporated community in Butler County, Kansas, United States. It is located about six miles southeast of Augusta in Bloomington Township. History The name Bois d'Arc is taken from one of the names for a common tree i ...

. It was constructed by the Kansas City Bridge and Iron Company as a

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, horse and pedestrian bridge over the Little Hickory Creek, which joins the

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in southern Butler County. It was added to the

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in 2003.

The Bridge

The one lane bridge is no longer accessible to vehicle traffic. The bridge consists of two distinct spans, one span of 102 feet and the other 75 feet in length, both of which are of the Pratt

Truss bridge A truss bridge is a bridge whose load-bearing superstructure is composed of a truss, a structure of connected elements, usually forming triangular units. The connected elements (typically straight) may be stressed from tension, compression, or ...

design. The supporting structure is constructed of iron manufactured by the

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. The road surface is heavy timber. The total length of the bridge is 196.8 feet and the width of the deck is 13.4 feet.National Register of Historic Places, Little Walnut River Pratt Truss Bridge
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Buildings and structures in Butler County, Kansas Bridges completed in 1885 Road bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in Kansas National Register of Historic Places in Butler County, Kansas Pratt truss bridges in the United States Iron bridges in the United States {{Kansas-bridge-struct-stub

The Bridge

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