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County_Line_Bowstring Latitude and Longitude:

39°39′14″N 97°34′23″W / 39.65389°N 97.57306°W / 39.65389; -97.57306
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County Line Bowstring
County Line Bowstring is located in Kansas
County Line Bowstring
County Line Bowstring is located in the United States
County Line Bowstring
Location Cloud County, Republic County
Nearest city Wayne, Kansas
Coordinates 39°39′14″N 97°34′23″W / 39.65389°N 97.57306°W / 39.65389; -97.57306
Built1876
Built by Wrought Iron Bridge Company
Architect Phoenix Bridge Co.
Architectural styleBowstring pony truss
MPS Metal Truss Bridges in Kansas 1861–1939 MPS
NRHP reference  No. 89002192
Added to NRHPJanuary 4, 1990 [1]

The County Line Bowstring is a bridge located near unincorporated Hollis, Kansas, United States, that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. [1] It spans West Creek on the border between Cloud and Republic counties and has a wooden deck with a bowstring pony truss.

It is a single-span Bowstring arch truss bridge which is 80 feet (24 m) long and 16 feet (4.9 m) wide. [2]

The span was built in 1876 by the Wrought Iron Bridge Co. of Ohio, as one of four spans in a bridge crossing in Concordia, Kansas. Later the four spans were removed to different locations in the area. [2] It crosses West Creek, a tributary to the Republican River.

As of 2010, the bridge is open to one-lane automobile traffic on a low-maintenance county road.

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References

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. ^ a b Larry Jochims (September 20, 1989). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination". National Park Service. Retrieved November 27, 2017. With eight photos from 1985.