Topeka Bridge & Iron Co.


Topeka Bridge & Iron Co. was a bridge company. Its works include many bridges that are now listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places. Its Canyon Diablo Bridge was a concrete Luten arch bridge built in 1914. Its Amelia Park Bridge, for another example, was built in 1914.
A state of Arizona study asserts that "All of the concrete Luten arches identified in Arizona are associated directly-either through engineering or construction-with the, the western representative of Indianapolis-based engineer Daniel B. Luten." For the Inspiration Bridge in Miami, Arizona, the town engineer built the bridge in 1921, and then four others exactly like it, from plans and specifications ordered from the Topeka Bridge & Iron Co. The Topeka Bridge & Iron firm "also sent moulds with which to cast the decorative concrete balusters for the guardrails."
Works include:
  • Amelia Park Bridge, built 1914, 0.5 mi. W of US 77 on Cty Rd. 260th. Approx 1 mi. NE of Antelope, Antelope, KS, NRHP-listed
  • Canyon Diablo Bridge, Abandoned grade of US 66 over Diablo Canyon, Winona, AZ, NRHP-listed
  • Canyon Padre Bridge, Abandoned grade of US 66 over Padre Canyon, Flagstaff, AZ, NRHP-listed
  • Cordova Avenue Bridge, Cordova Ave. over Bloody Tanks Wash, Miami, AZ, NRHP-listed
  • Gila River Bridge, Old Safford Rd., 6.8 mi. SE of Clifton, AZ, NRHP-listed
  • Harris Bridge, 3 mi. N and 4 mi. W of Americus, KS, NRHP-listed
  • Holbrook Bridge, Abandoned grade of US 70 over the Little Colorado River, 4.2 mi. SE of Holbrook, AZ, NRHP-listed
  • Hudgeon Bridge, 10 mi. S and 3.2 mi. W of Girard, KS, NRHP-listed
  • Inspiration Avenue Bridge, Inspiration Ave. over Bloody Tanks Wash, Miami, AZ, NRHP-listed
  • Jake's Branch of Middle Creek Bridge, Off US 69, Louisburg, KS, NRHP-listed
  • Keystone Avenue Bridge, Keystone Ave. over Bloody Tanks Wash, Miami, AZ, NRHP-listed
  • Labette Creek Tributary Bridge, Off US 160 2.3 mi. W of Parsons, KS, NRHP-listed
  • Maxwell's Slough Bridge, Off KS 57.5 mi. W and 1 mi. S of St. Paul, KS, NRHP-listed
  • McCauley Bridge, 0.5 mi. S of Auburn, KS, NRHP-listed
  • Miami Avenue Bridge, Miami Ave. over Bloody Tanks Wash, Miami, AZ, NRHP-listed
  • Mineral Creek Bridge, Old US 77 over Mineral Creek, Kelvin, AZ, NRHP-listed
  • Parsons Filled Arch Bridge, Off US 160, 1 mi. E and 1.2 mi. S of Parsons, KS, NRHP-listed
  • Pumpkin Creek Tributary Bridge, Off KS 22 2 mi. W of Mound Valley, KS, NRHP-listed
  • Queen Creek Bridge, Old Florence Hwy. over Queen Creek, Florence Junction, AZ, NRHP-listed
  • Reppy Avenue Bridge, Reppy Ave. over Bloody Tanks Wash, Miami, AZ, NRHP-listed
  • Walnut Creek Bridge, Off KS 33 1 mi. S of Wellsville, KS, NRHP-listed