Stone Arch Bridges

Tag: Flint Hills

  • Fox Creek Bridge

    The Flint Hills’ Stone Bridge Heritage: Part 4

    The Flint Hills of Kansas are the home of many stone arch bridges. Wherever these structures remain, they are at once a part of the landscape itself and a lasting piece of the Flint Hills’ rich heritage.

  • Thomas Jefferson Smith Bridge

    The Flint Hills’ Stone Bridge Heritage: Part 3

    Of all the counties in the Flint Hills of Kansas, none built as many stone arch bridges as Butler and Cowley counties. Butler was a major pioneer in this respect, while Cowley built many record-breaking stone bridges.

  • Clements Bridge

    The Flint Hills’ Stone Bridge Heritage: Part 2

    The Flint Hills of Kansas have a rich stone arch bridge heritage. Despite the initial strenuous objections to the building of these bridges, persistence, especially in the local press, convinced communities to begin building these structures.

  • 1887 Clear Creek Bridge, Marion County

    The Flint Hills’ Stone Bridge Heritage: Part 1

    The Flint Hills of Kansas feature a rich heritage, including stone arch bridges. After trying wood and steel, Flint Hills counties began to build enduring bridges out of the material of the hills themselves.