Category: Locations
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Hunting for Stone Arch Bridges
Documenting all the stone bridges in a given area requires thorough checking of all the roads. In this post, we discuss what to look for when searching for undocumented stone bridges.
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Butler County’s Forgotten Bridges
Butler County, Kansas, once had hundreds of stone arch bridges and culverts. Over the years, more and more of these structures have turned up, high and dry. How many more are waiting to be found?
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Butler’s Henry Creek Stone Bridge
The NW 130th Henry Creek Bridge is a simple and picturesque stone arch bridge in Butler County, Kansas. Originally built with a combination of concrete at the foundations and stone elsewhere, this is a unique structure.
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The Stone Culverts of Liberty Township, Elk County, Kansas
We recently toured Liberty Township, in Elk County, Kansas, looking for stone arch culverts. In this township, we discovered stone bridges of distinctive design of an uncertain date.
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Butler County’s Hill Bridge Damaged by Flooding
The 1912 Hill Bridge over Dry Creek in Butler County, Kansas, has been damaged by flooding and is now closed to traffic. This bridge is located near Augusta.
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Butler Repairs the Four Mile Creek Bridge
Bulter County, Kansas, has recently repaired the Four Mile Creek stone arch bridge near Andover. At one point scheduled for “reconstruction” in 2025, this battered bridge has instead received some well-executed repairs.
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Cowley Demolishes Pudden Bridge
Cowley County has recently demolished the well-known triple-arch stone bridge known as Pudden/Esch’s Spur/Kirk Bridge. This historic bridge was a landmark structure in the area and listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
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An Overview of Elk County’s Stone Bridges
Elk County, Kansas may never have built more than a few large stone bridges, but it still has an enormous amount of unique stone arch culverts, and undoubtedly more are waiting to be found.
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An Overview of Chautauqua County Stone Bridges
Chautauqua County, Kansas, built many stone arch culverts on major roads. Though large bridges were very rare in this county, the stone culverts feature a remarkable range of features, and often are related to the Good Roads Movement.
