North Fork Solomon River Lattice Truss Bridge

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North Fork Solomon River Lattice Truss Bridge
Prairie Dog Golf Course lattice truss bridge from SW 1.JPG
Bridge in 2014
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Nearest city Norton, Kansas
Coordinates 39°49′06″N99°52′36″W / 39.818378°N 99.876697°W / 39.818378; -99.876697 (Current location) Coordinates: 39°49′06″N99°52′36″W / 39.818378°N 99.876697°W / 39.818378; -99.876697 (Current location)
Arealess than one acre
Built1925
Built by Canton Bridge Co.
Architectural style Lattice truss
MPS Metal Truss Bridges in Kansas 1861--1939 MPS
NRHP reference No. 03000366 [1]
Added to NRHPMay 9, 2003

The North Fork Solomon River Lattice Truss Bridge, now located on a golf course just southeast of Norton County, Kansas, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2003 [1] when at its original location on a road near Lenora, Kansas, [2] and its registration was updated in 2008 to address its relocation. [3]

It is a single-span 40 feet (12 m)-long metal lattice truss bridge fabricated by the Canton Bridge Co. [2] It now crosses a tributary of Prairie Dog Creek on the Prairie Dog Golf Course, [4] a nine-hole golf course. [5]

Cast iron floret decorating an intersection of its diagonal "lacing bars" Prairie Dog Golf Course lattice truss bridge flower 1.JPG
Cast iron floret decorating an intersection of its diagonal "lacing bars"

It was originally located on Road W7, approximately 0.1 miles south of its intersection with Road BB (aka 15 S), approximately 1.5 miles (2.4 km) west of the town of Lenora, at 39°36′30″N100°01′49″W / 39.60841°N 100.03028°W / 39.60841; -100.03028 (Original location) . When originally listed the bridge's road had little traffic and the bridge was expected to survive indefinitely. [2]

Its listing was consistent with standards set in a study of historic metal truss bridges in Kansas. [6]

It was moved in 2006, [7] and its National Register registration was amended in 2008 for its proposed relocation. Its 16 feet (4.9 m) width and its load capacity were then deemed insufficient for traffic on its road. [3]

It now serves golf carts and pedestrians traversing between holes #5 and #6 of the golf course, southeast of Norton in Norton County, Kansas.

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
  2. 1 2 3 Kerry Davis; Elizabeth Rosin (August 5, 2002). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: North Fork Solomon River Lattice Truss Bridge (preferred); 69-LT-21; 00069053350354". Included in PDF file after 2008 update. Includes five photos from 2002.
  3. 1 2 Kansas State Historical Society staff (May 2008). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: North Fork Solomon River Lattice Truss Bridge / 69-L T-21 (Amendment)". National Park Service . Retrieved April 18, 2022. Included in PDF file first, before original 2002 registration. Photos from 2005 stated to be included in this amendment are not included in the PDF.
  4. Bridge moved to Prairie Dog Golf Course in 2006: see Norton Telegram, 2007-01-09, p. 3; retrieved 2014-09-21; and "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Amendment", retrieved 2014-09-21.
  5. Norton Chamber of Commerce: Prairie Dog Golf Club and Course
  6. Larry Jochims (November 21, 1989). "National Register of Historic Places Multiple Property Documentation: Metal Truss Bridges in Kansas 1861--1939". NARA . Retrieved April 18, 2022.
  7. "KSHS: North Fork Solomon River Lattice Truss Bridge" . Retrieved April 18, 2022. Includes links to KSHS copies of original nomination and amendment.
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