The Delaware River Composite Truss Bridge is a composite

Parker truss A truss bridge is a bridge whose load-bearing superstructure is composed of a truss, a structure of connected elements, usually forming triangular units. The connected elements, typically straight, may be stressed from tension, compression, or ...

and

Warren truss In structural engineering, a Warren truss or equilateral truss is a type of truss employing a weight-saving design based upon Triangle, equilateral triangles. It is named after the British engineer James Warren (engineer), James Warren, who pat ...

bridge in

Valley Falls, Kansas Valley Falls is a city in Jefferson County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population of the city was 1,092. History Valley Falls was originally called Grasshopper Falls, from the falls in the Grasshopper River (now known a ...

. It was built in 1936. It was listed on the

National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the Federal government of the United States, United States federal government's official United States National Register of Historic Places listings, list of sites, buildings, structures, Hist ...

in 2003. The central span is a riveted Parker through truss which is in length. That is flanked by two Warren pony truss spans. Each of the trusses has seven slopes forming its top chords. With . It brings Coal Creek Road across the

Delaware River The Delaware River is a major river in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States and is the longest free-flowing (undammed) river in the Eastern United States. From the meeting of its branches in Hancock, New York, the river flows for a ...

, 0.1 miles south of the road's intersection with 170th Rd., at the city limits of Valley Falls.

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Bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in Kansas Bridges completed in 1936 Jefferson County, Kansas Bridges in Kansas {{Kansas-NRHP-stub