County Line Bowstring
The County Line Bowstring is a bridge located near unincorporated Hollis, Kansas, United States, that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. 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.
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. 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.
See also
- National Register of Historic Places listings in Cloud County, Kansas
- National Register of Historic Places listings in Republic County, Kansas
References
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^ Larry Jochims (September 20, 1989). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination". National Park Service. Retrieved November 27, 2017. With eight photos from 1985.
- Historic Bridges of the United States (with photos and map) http://bridgehunter.com/ks/cloud/county-line/
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