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Stone Arch Bridges of Cowley County, Kansas

Below is a list of the existing stone arch bridges of Cowley County, Kansas. Included is basic information for each structure and where possible a photograph of the bridge. This page represents our current knowledge and could be subject to error. It will be updated as we learn more. Where applicable, we will also include a link to a detailed referenced history of the bridge, and also to posts we have on the topic. We hope that this information on Cowley County’s famous stone bridges will be found interesting! A general summery of Cowley stone arch bridges can be found here.

 

Pudden Bridge/Esch’s Spur Bridge

  • Where: Spanning Grouse Creek on 232nd Road near Dexter
  • Built By: Walter Sharp
  • Date: 1913
  • Illustrated History
  • Further Reading: The Esch’s Spur Bridge, Update on Esch’s Spur Bridge, Pudden Bridge History and Heritage

 

 

Neer Bridge

  • Where: Spanning Grouse Creek on 275th Road near Cambridge
  • Built By: Sharp & Son (Walter Sharp)
  • Date: 1916
  • Further Reading: The Story of the Neer Bridge in Cowley County, Kansas, Two Obscure but Revealing Cowley Bridge Plaques

 

Rock Creek Bridge

  • Where: Spanning Rock Creek on 22nd Road near Rock, Kansas

 

Andes Bridge

  • Where: Spanning Silver Creek on 192nd Road near Winfield
  • Built By: Walter Sharp
  • Date: 1909
  • Further Reading: Andes Bridge

 

Fromm Bridge

  • Where: Spanning Grouse Creek on 275th Road near Cambridge

 

Elrod Bridge

  • Where: Spanning Timber Creek near Winfield on an abandoned road (likely private property)
  • Built By: Walter Sharp
  • Date: 1908

 

Muret Bridge

  • Where: Spanning Silver Creek on 232nd Road near Winfield
  • Built By: Walter Sharp
  • Year: 1904

 

Crab Creek Bridge

  • Where: Spanning Crab Creek on 223rd Road near Dexter
  • Built By: Walter Sharp
  • Year: 1915

 

Badger Creek Bridge

  • Where: Spanning Badger Creek on 121st Road near Winfield
  • When: Contract let December 1908

 

Floral Bridge

  • Where: Spanning Timber Creek on 92nd Road near Floral
  • Built By: Walter Sharp
  • Year: 1906

 

Timber Creek Bridge/Woolsey Bridge

  • Where: Spanning Timber Creek on 231st Road near Atlanta
  • Built By: “Doc” Daniel Smith
  • Year: Contract awarded in 1915.
  • Further Reading: Two Obscure but Revealing Cowley Bridge Plaques

 

Horse Creek Bridge

  • Where: Spanning Horse Creek near Dexter on an abandoned road parallel to Grouse Creek Road (private property)
  • Built By: Walter Sharp
  • Year: 1913
  • Further Reading: 4 Lesser-Known Stone Bridges of Kansas

 

Stewart Bridge

  • Where: Spanning Stewart Creek on 51st Road near Udall
  • Built By: Jerry Hammond
  • Year: 1904

 

Dr. Snyder’s Bridge/Spring Creek Bridge

  • Where: Spanning Spring Creek on 262nd Road near Arkansas City
  • Year: 1935

 

Black Crook Creek Bridge

  • Where: Spanning Black Crook Creek on Joel Mack Road, just outside of the south edge of Winfield
  • Year: 1908

 

Thompson Bridge

  • Where: Spanning a branch of Badger Creek on 182nd Road near Winfield
  • Built By: Jerry Hammond
  • Year: 1906
  • Further Reading: The Thompson Bridge

 

Bridge North of Dexter

  • Where: Spanning a small stream on 241st Road just outside of the north edge of Dexter

 

Stalter Bridge

  • Where: Spanning the Stalter Branch of Rock Creek on 101st Road near Rock

 

Poor Farm Bridge

  • Where: Spanning a ditch off of Joel Mack Road near the former Cowley Poor Farm (private property)

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