Bucher Bridge

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Bucher Bridge
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Location Off U.S. Route 77, near Rock, Kansas
Coordinates 37°27′45″N97°2′19″W / 37.46250°N 97.03861°W / 37.46250; -97.03861 Coordinates: 37°27′45″N97°2′19″W / 37.46250°N 97.03861°W / 37.46250; -97.03861
Area less than one acre
Built 1905
Built by Walter Sharp Bridge Co.
Architectural style Reinforced Concrete Arch
MPS Masonry Arch Bridges of Kansas TR
NRHP reference # 85001420 [1]
Added to NRHP July 2, 1985

The Bucher Bridge, located off U.S. Route 77 near the town of Rock in Cowley County, Kansas, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985. [1] It is located about 1.5 miles (2.4 km) north and 1.75 miles (2.82 km) west of Rock. [2]

U.S. Route 77 highway in the United States

U.S. Route 77 is a major north–south United States highway which extends for 1305 miles in the central United States. As of 2005, the highway's northern terminus is in Sioux City, Iowa at an interchange with Interstate 29. Its southern terminus is in Brownsville, Texas, at Veteran's International Bridge on the U.S.-Mexico border, where it connects with both Mexican Federal Highway 101 and Mexican Federal Highway 180.

Rock, Kansas Unincorporated community in Kansas, United States

Rock is an unincorporated community in Cowley County, Kansas, United States. Rock is located at 37.2625°N 97.0023°E.

Cowley County, Kansas County in the United States

Cowley County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kansas. As of the 2010 census, the county population was 36,311. Its county seat is Winfield, and its most populous city is Arkansas City.

Also known as Eight Mile Creek Bridge, the bridge crosses Eight Mile Creek. It is 44 feet (13 m) long and 13 feet (4.0 m) wide. It was completed in 1905 by Walter Sharp of El Dorado and constructed of solid concrete. It is a concrete arch bridge, and is possibly reinforced by steel. It has short limestone wing walls. [2]

El Dorado, Kansas City and County seat in Kansas, United States

El Dorado is city and county seat of Butler County, Kansas, United States. It is situated along the Walnut River in the central part of Butler County and located in south-central Kansas. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 13,021.

It is possibly just the second bridge of this type built by Walter Sharp, who was experimenting. The township did not complete the approaches to the bridge, so people in the area who would use the bridge got together and built the approaches. [2]

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