Pott's Ford Bridge is a

bridge A bridge is a structure built to span a physical obstacle (such as a body of water, valley, road, or rail) without blocking the way underneath. It is constructed for the purpose of providing passage over the obstacle, which is usually somethi ...

1/2 mile south of Glasco, Kansas, USA

that spans the Solomon River in

Cloud County, Kansas Cloud County (county code CD) is a county located in the U.S. state of Kansas. As of the 2020 census, the county population was 9,032. Its county seat and most populous city is Concordia. History Early history For many millennia, the Great ...

. It has a wooden deck with three bowstring pony trusses and one Pratt pony truss. The lengths of the trusses are , , and for the bowstring trusses, and for the Pratt truss. It was built in 1884 by the

Wrought Iron Bridge Company The Wrought Iron Bridge Company was a bridge fabrication and construction company based in Canton, Ohio, Canton, Ohio, United States. It specialized in the fabrication of iron truss bridges and was a prolific bridge builder in the late 19th centu ...

of Canton, Ohio. With . The bridge is listed on the

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References

* Historic Bridges of the United States (with photos and map) http://bridgehunter.com/ks/cloud/potts-ford/ * Cloud County Road and Bridge Department http://www.cloudcountyks.org/MV2Base.asp?VarCN=5 Buildings and structures in Cloud County, Kansas Bridges completed in 1884 Road bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in Kansas Tourist attractions in Cloud County, Kansas National Register of Historic Places in Cloud County, Kansas Wrought iron bridges in the United States Bowstring truss bridges in the United States Pratt truss bridges in the United States {{Kansas-bridge-struct-stub

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