BRIDGES-Melan Bridge

1965 Flashback: Bridge Tumbles

6 Witnesses Tell of Second Car in River

Battered Old Bridge Near End of Life

Change in Habit Fatal

Crewmen and divers searched grimly Saturday [...]

Death Rides Toppling Span

Horror-Stricken Boy Saw Collapse

Melan Bridge Had Plenty of Critics in 67-Year-Old Career

Peggy of the Flint Hills - May 11, 1978

Plant Men From 12 Kansas Towns Speed to Scene of Bridge Disaster

Proposed New Concrete Steel Arch Bridge Across the Kansas River

Seven Topekans Suffer Bridge Scene Injuries

Tableau on a Bridge - Woman Describes Tragedy

Thousands Watch Divers Pull Auto Out of River

Tragedy Mirrored In Official's Face

Tumblin' Down

When did the old Melan bridge over the Kansas River collapse? [...]

Where Tragedy Occured [sic]; Death Car; Recovery Too Late

Witnesses Recall Screams on Bridge

Melan Bridge

Melan Bridge

Melan Bridge

Melan Bridge

Melan Bridge (Apr 1904)

Melan Bridge (late 1920s)

Melan Bridge and city railroad bridge (Apr 1904)

Melan Bridge and city railroad bridge (Apr 1904)

Melan Bridge approach

Melan Bridge over high water, circa 1920

Melan Bridge with high water, ca. 1920

Melan Bridge with high water, ca. 1920

Melan Bridge, circa 1920

People on banks of Kansas River, ca. 1920

People on banks of Kansas River, ca. 1920

"Up To Date"--The Topeka Bridge, 1898