This was our first bridge. It wasn't stone, but at last we had discovered a listed bridge! It was on a paved road and was built in the 1940s. 
The actual stone bridges that we discovered were difficult to find. There is a guided tour that you can go on in the spring and fall, but I wouldn't have gotten so scratched and bruised from the inside of a bus. 
This was the spot where I skipped rocks. I could have stayed at that spot longer I think. Maybe we'll bring a picnic lunch next time. 
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I thought you told me they were WPA bridges? 1904?
I thought that I had read that and then the date dawned on me and I realized that WPA couldn't be correct. It's possible that some of the non-stone arch bridges were (I haven't finished researching that). I linked somewhere to an article explaining that German and Russian immigrants built them because that is what they did for fun.
click on the word bridge in the "highlights" post. It isn't really that informative...
Linda, lets go on this adventure again in the fall (when the roads are dryer and the Rav4 is available). The bridges would look so lovely with fall colors around them.
Linda, I really appreciate your Kansas pictures. I hope to someday do some Kansas exploring of my own. But this is obviously not a good time for that sort of thing in my life right now.
When doing a search for the Cowley Co. bridges I found this website that looks promising Kansas Photo Tour you may have already seen it.
One other thing... I remember going down to watch a cross country meet in High School that was somewhere north of Liberal. Near it there was an enormous steel railroad bridge that was impressively high off the ground and seemed very hidden to me. Do you or anyone else reading this have any idea what I am talking about?
I know exactly what bridge you are talking about. It's a railroad bridge in Seward County and goes over the Cimarron River. It's known as the Mighty Samson.
http://www.kansastravel.org/cimarron.htm
I don't think it was the exact same bridge, but it was the same style, probably built at the same time. The reason I don't think it was the same is because it didn't have a road under it and it was more isolated. Also not as long.
n- hmmm. this is pretty isolated. is it possible that you couldn't see the road from where you were? I would describe Samson as sort of hidden and impressively high off of the ground. You wouldn't necessarily be able to see the road from certain vantage points. Anyway, it's the only impressive railroad bridge north of Liberal that I know of.
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