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
- Date: After September 1915
- Further Reading: 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: Contract awarded in 1914.
Badger Creek Bridge
- Where: Spanning Badger Creek on 121st Road near Winfield
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 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
- Built By: A Kansas City firm
- 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)