TOPEKA — The Kansas Historical Society announced in a press release this week that limestone arch bridges in Gove County and historic districts in Johnson and Sedgwick counties are the newest Kansas properties added to the National Register of Historic Places.

The listings were entered into the National Register earlier this month and brings the total Kansas listings in the National Register to 1,341.

Benson Culvert and Jenkins Culvert, both southwest of Gove, were built in 1938 as Works Progress Administration projects.

The National Register of Historic Places is the country’s official list of historically significant properties. Authorized by the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966, the National Park Service’s National Register of Historic Places is part of a national program to coordinate and support public and private efforts to identify, evaluate and protect America’s historic and archeological resources.