Entry No. 46 — the Wichita file — filed under: crybaby-bridge
Theorosa's Bridge (Crybaby Bridge)
A remote bridge over Jester Creek tied to a 19th-century legend of a drowned baby named Theorosa and her grieving mother. Visitors report phantom cries, stalled cars, and floating lights.
The move: Park on the bridge at dusk, cut the engine, and sit in the dark listening for Theorosa's cry — call her name three times if you dare.
📍 Before you go A dirt-and-gravel stretch of 109th Street North crosses Jester Creek here, about three miles north of Valley Center and twenty minutes from downtown Wichita; the plain concrete span is the third bridge on the spot, built in 1991 after the iron-and-wood originals burned in 1974 and 1976 and the road spent fifteen years closed. It is a live county road, so pull well onto the shoulder rather than stopping on the bridge itself, and bring a flashlight — this is remote farmland with nothing around after dark. Expect graffiti and fellow legend-trippers, especially in October; the local rule is that telling Theorosa you have her baby is what brings her out of the water.
- 📍 Between Sedgwick and Valley Center
- 💸 $$
- ⚡ Up for anything
- 🌗 Indoors
Where: 109th St North at Meridian, between Sedgwick and Valley Center, KS
Hours: Added 2026-06-09 — confirm current hours before you go.
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last checked: 2026-06-09