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Chapman Creek Pratt Truss Bridge

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Area
  
less than one acre

Architect
  
Canton Bridge Co.

NRHP Reference #
  
03000375

Added to NRHP
  
9 May 2003

Built
  
1905

Architectural style
  
Pratt Truss

Opened
  
1905

Nearest city
  
Chapman

Chapman Creek Pratt Truss Bridge

MPS
  
Metal Truss Bridges in Kansas 1861--1939 MPS

The Chapman Creek Pratt Truss Bridge is a Pratt truss bridge located near Chapman, Kansas. The bridge spans Chapman Creek, a branch of the Smoky Hill River, and carries a dirt road called Quail Road. It was built in 1905 by the Canton Bridge Company. The bridge was one of 800 Pratt truss bridges in Kansas as of 1998 and is considered "an excellent example" of one of the most common bridge types in the state.

The bridge was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2003. According to its National Register nomination, it is also known as 21-HT-02 or as 08583.00436.6.

The National Bridge Inventory has classified the bridge as "structurally deficient".

References

Chapman Creek Pratt Truss Bridge Wikipedia