Stone Arch Bridges

Category: Locations

  • Lantry Sons

    Tallgrass Prairie’s Fox Creek Stone Arch Bridge: Part 2

    Located on a road connecting Strong City, Chase County, Kansas, with the well-known Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve is a simple stone arch bridge. This is part two of the series on the history of this old bridge.

  • Fox Creek Bridge

    Tallgrass Prairie’s Fox Creek Stone Arch Bridge: Part 1

    Located on a road connecting Strong City, Chase County, Kansas, with the well-known Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve is a simple stone arch bridge. In this series we investigate the history of this old bridge.

  • SW 110th Street Culvert

    An Augusta Stone Arch Culvert

    We recently found a stone arch culvert near Augusta in Butler County, Kansas, which has been widened on both sides with a concrete arch. This large structure is a remnant of the many stone bridges that once graced the area.

  • Wilson Bridge

    The Stone Bridge Legacy of Butler County, Kansas

    Butler County, Kansas, has a rich stone arch bridge heritage. In this post, we investigate what makes this county so unique in regards to its many stone arch bridges.

  • The collapsed 251st road culvert

    Dexter Stone Arch Culvert Damaged

    One of the stone arch culverts we found in Cowley County, Kansas, has partially collapsed. In this post we examine the structure and analyze the cause of the failure.

  • Fairview/Towand Township Line Culvert

    A Fairview Township Culvert

    We recently found a small stone arch culvert on the Fairview/Towanda township line in Butler County, Kansas. This culvert was built in 1899 and is the only Fairview Township culvert known to remain.

  • Stalter Bridge

    Cowley’s Stalter Bridge

    The Stalter Bridge in Cowley County, Kansas, is a small stone arch bridge located near Rock. Though clear historic references for this bridge are not forthcoming, there is strong evidence suggesting that this was an Abe Matheney bridge.

  • Peter Johnson's Bridge

    Found: Butler’s Historic Peter Johnson’s Bridge

    In an unexpected discovery, we found one of the largest, oldest, and arguably most historic bridges in Butler County, Kansas, high and dry in a road embankment: the 1895 Peter Johnson’s Bridge built by Walter Sharp.

  • 1907 Private Abe Matheney Bridge

    A Unique Cowley County Stone Bridge

    We recently were invited to see a little-known stone arch bridge in Cowley County on a farm. This historic structure was built by Abe Matheney for a prosperous farmer in 1907.