Cottonwood River Pratt Truss Bridge
The Cottonwood River Pratt Truss Bridge is a historic bridge which carries Main Street across the Cottonwood River in Cedar Point, Kansas. The single-span Pratt truss bridge was built in 1916 by the Missouri Valley Bridge and Iron Company. Locals proposed a bridge along a western extension of Main Street in 1914, but construction did not begin until late 1915 due to negotiations over its price; the county initially received no bids for the bridge after underestimating its cost, and it rejected every bid in the second round until the Missouri Valley Company dropped  theirs to $8,750. The bridge is long, wide, and sits above the river. The Pratt truss design, with vertical and center-facing diagonal beams, was commonly used at the time due to its stability; the Cottonwood River bridge is one of roughly 800 examples of the type in Kansas. The bridge was added to the National Register of Historic Places on May 9, 2003.