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Historic Bridges: Kansas City Bridge Company of Kansas City, Missouri

Special Bridge Conditions Legend: R - Former location of relocated bridge. ! - At risk for demolition or destruction. X - Confirmed demolished or collapsed. S - Dismantled and/or in storage. L - Severe loss of historic integrity due to alteration.

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Total Bridges Found: 14

Asylum Bridge
HSR

1st Street (Osawatomie Road) Over Marais Des Cygnes River in Osawatomie: Miami County, Kansas, United States

Metal Continuous 8 Panel Multiple-Type-Connected Modified Parker Through Truss, Fixed

Length: 219 ft. Main Span: 121 ft. Roadway: 16 ft. Main Spans: 1

Built 1905 By: Kansas City Bridge Company of Kansas City, Missouri

This is one of the most unique bridges in the entire country with a design that defies classification, but has been called a Reverse Parker truss.

Bastrop Bridge
HSR

Pedestrian Walkway (Former TX-150, Chestnut Street) Over Colorado River in Bastrop: Bastrop County, Texas, United States

Metal 9 Panel Rivet-Connected Parker Through Truss, Fixed and Approach Spans: Concrete T-Beam, Fixed

Length: 1,285 ft. Main Span: 195 ft. Roadway: 19 ft. Main Spans: 3

Built 1922 By: Kansas City Bridge Company of Kansas City, Missouri

This early state highway Parker truss has been bypassed and preserved for pedestrian used.

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Bridgeport Bridge
Pony Bridge, William H. Murray Bridge
HSR

Historic US-66 (US-281, OK-8) Over South Canadian River in Rural (Near Bridgeport): Caddo County, Oklahoma and Canadian County, Oklahoma, United States

Metal 5 Panel Rivet-Connected Camelback Pony Truss, Fixed and Approach Spans: Metal Stringer (Multi-Beam), Fixed

Length: 3,944 ft. Main Span: 100 ft. Roadway: 24 ft. Main Spans: 38

Built 1933 By: Kansas City Bridge Company of Kansas City, Missouri and Oklahoma Highway Commission

With 38 truss spans, this is the longest known simple-span pony truss bridge in America, a signature Route 66 bridge, and the longest bridge in Oklahoma.

Buffalo Road Bridge
HSR

Buffalo Road Over Crooked River in Rural: Ray County, Missouri, United States

Metal 7 Panel Pin-Connected Pratt Through Truss, Fixed and Approach Spans: Metal Stringer (Multi-Beam), Fixed

Length: 159 ft. Main Span: 119 ft. Roadway: 11.2 ft. Main Spans: 1

Built 1908 By: Kansas City Bridge Company of Kansas City, Missouri

This traditionally composed pin-connected Pratt through truss is located in an area that floods often.

Carey's Ford Bridge
HSR

335th Street Over Marais Des Cygnes River in Rural: Miami County, Kansas, United States

Metal 9 Panel Pin-Connected Parker Through Truss, Fixed and Approach Spans: Metal Rivet-Connected Warren Pony Truss, Fixed

Length: 248 ft. Main Span: 160 ft. Roadway: 16.4 ft. Main Spans: 1

Built 1909 By: Kansas City Bridge Company of Kansas City, Missouri

This bridge offers a nice combination of riveted pony and pin-connected through truss spans.

Central Avenue Bridge
Central Avenue Viaduct
HSR

Central Avenue Over Kansas River (Kaw River) and Various Roads and Railroads in Kansas City: Wyandotte County, Kansas, United States

Metal 10 Panel Rivet-Connected Pratt Deck Truss, Fixed and Approach Spans: Metal Deck Girder, Fixed

Length: 3,451 ft. Main Span: 250 ft. Roadway: 48 ft. Main Spans: 3

Built 1918 By: Kansas City Bridge Company of Kansas City, Missouri and Harrington, Howard, and Ash of Kansas City, Missouri

While its use, deck configuration, and approach system have changed over the years, the double deck truss spans over the river remain intact.

X
Daniel Boone Bridge
HSR

I-64, US-40, and US-61 (Northbound and Westbound) Over Missouri River in Chesterfield: St. Louis County, Missouri and St. Charles County, Missouri, United States

Metal Continuous 16 Panel Rivet-Connected Warren Through Truss, Fixed and Approach Spans: Metal 6 Panel Rivet-Connected Warren Deck Truss, Fixed

Length: 2,614 ft. Main Span: 514 ft. Roadway: 32.2 ft. Main Spans: 4

Built 1935 By: Kansas City Bridge Company of Kansas City, Missouri and Missouri State Highway Commission

This rare continuous through truss has a distinctive appearance formed by its arrangement as a pair of two-span continuous trusses.

Dicks Bridge
Imhoff Road Bridge
HSR

Imhoff Road Over Lamine River in Rural: Cooper County, Missouri, United States

Metal 8 Panel Pin-Connected Parker Through Truss, Fixed and Approach Spans: Metal Pin-Connected Queenpost Pony Truss, Fixed

Length: 390 ft. Main Span: 160 ft. Roadway: 14.1 ft. Main Spans: 2

Built 1908 By: Kansas City Bridge Company of Kansas City, Missouri

This beautiful multi-span bridge also contains a rare Queenpost approach span.

X
Gootch's Mill Bridge
Gooch Mill Bridge
HSR

MO-V Over Petite Saline Creek in Rural: Cooper County, Missouri, United States

Metal 9 Panel Pin-Connected Parker Through Truss, Fixed

Length: 171 ft. Main Span: 171 ft. Roadway: 13.1 ft. Main Spans: 1

Built 1906 By: Kansas City Bridge Company of Kansas City, Missouri

This stunning Parker truss was saved and reused in 1938, but now that the bridge is historic, it will be demolished.

Green Valley Drive Bridge
HSR

Green Valley Drive Over Hinkson Creek in Columbia: Boone County, Missouri, United States

Metal 8 Panel Pin-Connected Parker Through Truss, Fixed

Length: 175 ft. Main Span: 171 ft. Roadway: 13.8 ft. Main Spans: 1

Built 1906 By: Kansas City Bridge Company of Kansas City, Missouri

A beautiful Parker truss, this bridge was part of a two span bridge that was relocated in 1938.

Memorial Bridge
HSR

Comanche Avenue Over Caney River in Bartlesville: Washington County, Oklahoma, United States

Concrete Open Spandrel Deck Arch, Fixed and Approach Spans: Concrete Deck Girder, Fixed

Length: 317 ft. Main Span: 139 ft. Roadway: 24 ft. Main Spans: 1

Built 1923 By: Kansas City Bridge Company of Kansas City, Missouri and Wood and White of Tulsa, Oklahoma

This bridge is noted for its attractive design including ornamental pillars that are a memorial to those who fought in World War I.

Nebraska Road Bridge
HSR

Nebraska Road Over Tauy Creek in Rural: Franklin County, Kansas, United States

Metal 6 Panel Multiple-Type-Connected Double-Intersection Warren Through Truss, Fixed

Length: 101 ft. Main Span: 100 ft. Roadway: 15.7 ft. Main Spans: 1

Built 1895 By: Kansas City Bridge Company of Kansas City, Missouri

This remarkable and unique bridge is of extremely lightweight design, and documents a transition from pin to riveted connections.

X
Platte Purchase Bridge
New Fairfax Bridge
HSR

Northbound US-69 Over Missouri River and Railroad (Union Pacific) in Kansas City and Riverside: Platte County, Missouri, and Wyandotte County, Kansas, United States

Metal Cantilever 16 Panel Rivet-Connected Warren Through Truss, Fixed and Approach Spans: Metal 10 Panel Rivet-Connected Polygonal Warren Through Truss, Fixed

Length: 2,602 ft. Main Span: 475 ft. Roadway: 26 ft. Main Spans: 3

Built 1957 By: Kansas City Bridge Company of Kansas City, Missouri and Sverdrup and Parcel of St. Louis, Missouri

This was the second and newer of what was once a pair of historic cantilever truss bridges at this location.

X
Sowell's Bluff Bridge
State Highway 78 Bridge
HSR

OK-78 and TX-78 Over Red River in Rural: Bryan County, Oklahoma and Fannin County, Texas, United States

Metal 10 Panel Rivet-Connected K-Parker Through Truss, Fixed and Approach Spans: Metal 5 Panel Rivet-Connected Camelback Pony Truss, Fixed

Length: 2,108 ft. Main Span: 210 ft. Roadway: 25 ft. Main Spans: 8

Built 1938 By: Kansas City Bridge Company of Kansas City, Missouri and Oklahoma Highway Commission

This was one of the longest known K-truss bridges in the entire country.

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