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194State 13: Included in original document is a list <strong>of</strong> bridges on the National Register forKansas. They are from 1861-1939 <strong>and</strong> consist <strong>of</strong> High Truss <strong>and</strong> Low Truss Structures. -Also another contact is included.State 18: Excellent reference: "<strong>Wrought</strong> iron - Its Manufacture Characteristics <strong>and</strong>Applications" Second Ed. A.M. Byers Company, Pittsburg PA, 1947 - James Aston <strong>and</strong>Edward B. Story.State 22: No welding for old steel structures, so No welding for wrought iron too.State 27: Ask the European Countries that have more <strong>of</strong> them. Engl<strong>and</strong> has one.State 30: Most <strong>of</strong> the wrought iron is in structures that have tension members that areeyebars. These eyebars had to have been forged so therefore are wrought iron.State 31: If a more accurate allowable stress value is required, either for load rating or fordesigning a rehabilitation project, coupon samples <strong>of</strong> the iron are taken to establish thesevalues for the specific bridge.State 35: The bridges are not maintained by DOT <strong>and</strong> the local agencies maintain them.County 1: Have not had to do major repairs on the bridges -so don't know if heatstraightening, welding or riveting is permitted.County 5: The county maintains 5 covered bridges.County 7: Maintenance procedures, if any, are prepared by contractor.County 8: Both remaining bridges on federal - aid for repair (2002) <strong>and</strong> relocation (113)bridge (120) was relocated in 2001.County 12: Have not done any heat straightening or welding on the bridges.County 14: A bridge that was in this county was rehabilitated in 1996 through a stateproject.County 19: We probably will not rehabilitate any more steel trusses in our county.

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