HistoricBridges.org Bridge Locator

Carries US 69 (18th Street) over Kansas River
Design: truss/deck/warren
Design Details: Warren deck truss
Total Length: 2226.4 Feet
Span Length: 423.7 Feet

Overview: Deck truss bridge over Kansas River on US 69 (18th Street) in Kansas City
History: Built 1959; rehabilitated 1989
Built: 1959

42nd Street Bridge

Carries 42nd Street over Railroad yard
Design: truss/pony
Design Details: Pony Truss
Total Length: 1013.8 Feet
Span Length: 91.8 Feet

Central Avenue Bridge

Carries Central Avenue over Kansas River
Design: truss/deck/pratt
Design Details: Pratt deck truss
Total Length: 3450.2 Feet
Span Length: 249.9 Feet

Overview: Two-level deck truss bridge over Kansas River on Central Avenue in Kansas City
History: Built 1918; rehabilitated 1983 and 2008
Built: 1918

Central Avenue Bridge
Designed by
Harrington, Howard & Ash
Consulting Engineers
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Contractors: Piers and
Manufacture of Steel
Missouri Valley Bridge
and Iron Co., Erection
of Steel, Kansas City
Bridge Co., Approaches
and Floors, Mid-West
Construction Company

Central Avenue
Bridge Built by
Wyandotte County, Kansas
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Commissioners
Samuel Clarke, Chairman
David Buckland
William Blodgett
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County Engineer
O.K. Williamson
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Completed 1918

KCT - Highline Bridge

Carries Kansas City Terminal Railway over Kansas River and various streets
Design: truss/through/baltimore
Design Details: Baltimore through truss, with flood jacks
Total Length: 5210.6 Feet
Span Length: 300.0 Feet

Overview: Two-level through truss bridge and network of approaches over Kansas River on the KCTRR in Kansas City
History: Built 1917; rehabilitated 2005
Built: 1917

Intercity Viaduct

Status: Open to four lanes of traffic on upper level and pedestrian traffic on lower level
A new Kansas River Bridge is planed for I-70 to the West of the structure, leaving the future plans for this bridge to become just an onramp from Downtown KCK and Fairfax District to I-70. The New Bridge Project is scheduled to start sometime during or after 2016.

Carries I-70/US 24 Eastbound over Kansas River
Design: truss/deck/double-warren
Design Details: Main spans: Two riveted, 10-panel double-intersection Warren deck trusses, each 300 ft. long
Total Length: 3775.9 Feet
Span Length: 300.0 Feet

Overview: Two-level deck truss bridge over Kansas River on I-70 Eastbound in Kansas City
History: Completed in 1907; lower level added 1930; parallel span opened in 1962
Built: 1907

Historic postcard from 1908, showing the bridge shortly after being built in the original design. Toll booth also visible

James Street Bridge

Carries James Street over Kansas River
Design: truss/through/parker
Design Details: Parker through truss
Total Length: 890.0 Feet
Span Length: 290.0 Feet

Overview: Lost through truss bridge over Kansas River on N. James Street in Kansas City
History: Replaced 1987
Built:

Kansas Avenue Bridge

Carries Kansas Avenue over Kansas River
Design: truss/deck/warren
Design Details: Warren deck truss
Total Length: 1394.6 Feet
Span Length: 321.7 Feet

Overview: Deck truss bridge over Kansas River on Kansas Avenue in Kansas City
History: Built 1921; rehabilitated 1978 and 2007
Built: 1921

Turner Bridge (1955)

Carries K-32 Highway over Kansas River
Design: truss/through
Design Details: Cantilevered through truss
Total Length: 1322.8 Feet
Span Length: 330.0 Feet

Overview: Lost through truss bridge over Kansas River on K-32 Highway (Turner Diagonal Fwy.)
History: Built 1955; replaced 2002
Built: 1955

UP - Kansas River Bridge #3

Carries Union Pacific Railroad over Kansas River
Design: truss/through/pratt
Design Details: From north to south: One pony plate girder span Three pin-connected, 8-panel Pratt through trusses One riveted, flared and skewed Pratt through truss (west side has 9 panels, east side 8)
Total Length: 960.0 Feet
Span Length: 200.0 Feet

Overview: Four-span through truss bridge over Kansas River on the Union Pacific Railroad just north of I-70
History: Built 1904 to replace previous bridge destroyed by 1903 flood
Built: 1904

KCS - Kansas River Bridge

Carries former Kansas City Southern Railway over Kansas River
Design: truss/through/parker
Design Details: From west to east: One riveted, skewed, 9-panel Pratt through truss Two riveted, 11-panel Parker through trusses
Total Length: 810.0 Feet
Span Length: 310.0 Feet

Overview: Abandoned three-span through truss bridge over Kansas River on the former Kansas City Southern Railway, south of James Street
History: Built 1916; abandoned 1983
Built: 1916

UP - Kansas River Bridge #2

Carries Union Pacific Railroad over Kansas River
Design: truss/through/pratt
Design Details: Pratt through truss South bridge has screw jack lifting system
Total Length: 515.0 Feet
Span Length: 196.0 Feet

Overview: Through truss bridge over Kansas River on the Union Pacific Railroad
History: Built 1900, Shifted and East Span Added 1911
Built: 1900

The structure in the foreground appears to be an abandoned overpass of some kind

Photo taken after flood waters began to recede after the 1903 flood, looking northwest. Information from other source states this was the only bridge spanning the Kaw river in the state to survive that flood.

RI - Armourdale Bridge

Carries Former Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad over Kansas River
Design: truss/through/pennsylvania
Design Details: Main spans: Two pin-connected, Pennsylvania through trusses with Camelback profile East approach: Riveted Baltimore through truss Flood jack lifting system
Total Length: 740.0 Feet
Span Length: 300.0 Feet

Overview: Abandoned Pennsylvania through truss bridge over Kansas River on Abandoned Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad
History: Built 1905; abandoned in 1980s after the construction of Kemper Arena
Built: 1905

Kansas River,Rr Yard,3 S Us-169 Highway El Bridge

Carries Us-169 Highway El over Kansas River,Rr Yard,3 S
Design: truss/deck
Design Details: Deck truss
Total Length: 2017.5 Feet
Span Length: 333.9 Feet

Overview: Deck truss bridge over Kansas River,Rr Yard,3 S on Us-169 Highway El
History: Built 1933; rehabilitated 1993
Built: 1933

Lewis and Clark Viaduct

Carries I-70/US 24 Westbound over Kansas River
Design: truss/deck/warren
Design Details: Main spans: Two riveted, 10-panel Warren deck trusses with verticals Northbound offramp main span: One riveted, 10-panel Warren deck truss with verticals
Total Length: 3048.1 Feet
Span Length: 304.0 Feet

Overview: Deck truss bridge over Kansas River on I-70 Westbound in Kansas City
History: Opened Nov. 12, 1962; rehabilitated 1984
Built: 1962

This is the same view as my previous photo, but I modified this photo a wee bit.

Shawnee Road Bridge

Carries Shawnee Road over 7th Street Trafficway
Design: arch/deck/steel
Design Details: Steel arch
Total Length: 89.8 Feet
Span Length: 89.8 Feet

Overview: Steel arch bridge over 7th Street Trafficway on Shawnee Road in Kansas City
History: Built 1933; rehabilitated 1976 and 2005
Built: 1933

Up Rr,Mo River,4 Locl St Us69 Hwy, El Bridge

Carries Us69 Hwy, El over Up Rr,Mo River,4 Locl Street
Design: truss/through
Design Details: Through truss
Total Length: 2601.4 Feet
Span Length: 474.9 Feet

Overview: Through truss bridge over Up Rr,Mo River,4 Locl St on Us69 Hwy, El
History: Built 1957
Built: 1957

Up Rr,Mo River,4 Locl St Us69 Hwy, Wl Bridge

Carries Us69 Hwy, Wl over Up Rr,Mo River,4 Locl Street
Design: truss/through
Design Details: Through truss
Total Length: 2595.5 Feet
Span Length: 474.0 Feet

Overview: Through truss bridge over Up Rr,Mo River,4 Locl St on Us69 Hwy, Wl
History: Built 1934; rehabilitated 1980
Built: 1934

7th Street Trafficway Bridge

Carries Four lanes of 7th Street Trafficway (NB US-169) over Kansas River
Design: truss/deck/pratt
Design Details: Cantilever deck truss (northbound bridge) Steel stringer (southbound bridge)
Total Length: 2018.1 Feet
Span Length: 334.0 Feet

Overview: Deck truss bridge over Kansas River on four lanes of 7th Street Trafficway in Kansas City
History: Built 1932; southbound steel stringer bridge built 1992; rehabilitated 1992
Built: 1932

12th Street Bridge

Carries 12th Street over Kansas River, BNSF Railroad
Design: truss/deck/warren
Design Details: Warren deck truss
Total Length: 1025.0 Feet
Span Length: 209.0 Feet

Overview: Steel deck truss bridge over Kansas River, BNSF Railroad on 12th Street in Kansas City
History: Built 1926; Demolished 1999 replaced by a new bridge 2000
Built: 1926

42nd Street Viaduct

Carries 42nd Street over BNSF Railroad yard
Design: beam/stringer/steel
Design Details: Steel stringer
Total Length: 1215.9 Feet
Span Length: 89.9 Feet

Overview: Steel stringer bridge over BNSF Railroad yard on 42nd Street in Kansas City
History: Built 1948; rehabilitated 1990
Built: 1948

Mill Street Viaduct

Carries Mill Street over I-70, Union Pacific railroad yard
Design: beam/stringer/steel
Design Details: Steel stringer
Total Length: 1589.0 Feet
Span Length: 108.9 Feet

Overview: Steel stringer bridge over I-70, Union Pacific railroad yard on Mill Street in Kansas City
History: Built 1964; rehabilitated 2005
Built: 1964

Argentine Boulevard Bridge

Carries Argentine Boulevard, 18th Street, Old Kansas State Route 58 over Kansas River
Design: truss/through
Design Details: Two Pratt pony trusses (west end - originally Pratt through trusses) Three Pratt through trusses (east end)
Total Length: 0.0 Feet
Span Length: 0.0 Feet

Overview: Lost through truss bridge over Kansas River and Argentine Island on Argentine Boulevard, 18th Street in Kansas City
History: Built 1890, rebuilt 1908; damaged by 1951 flood, removed 1959
Built: 1908

Turkey Creek Diversion Tunnel

Carries Turkey Creek over
Design: tunnel
Design Details: 24 Foot Diameter Conrcrete Horseshoe Shaped Tunnel
Total Length: 1261.0 Feet
Span Length: 0.0 Feet

Overview: Water Diversion Tunnel for Turkey Creek in Kansas City
History: Constructed to divert Turkey Creek into the Kansas River. Rehabilitated 2009 & 2018
Built: 1919

10th Street Bridge

Carries 10th Street over Armourdale Yard & I-70
Design: truss/through/pratt
Design Details: Five panel Pratt through truss
Total Length: 0.0 Feet
Span Length: 0.0 Feet

Overview: Lost Pratt through truss bridge over Armourdale Yard & I-70 on 10th Street
History: Replaced 1994
Built:

West Kansas Avenue Bridge

Carries Kansas Avenue/K-32 over Kansas River
Design: truss/through/pennsylvania
Design Details: Pennsylvania through truss
Total Length: 0.0 Feet
Span Length: 0.0 Feet

Overview: Lost Pennsylvania through truss bridge over Kansas River on Kansas Avenue/K-32
History: Built 1912, rehabilitated 1938
Built: 1912

Kansas River Tributary Bridge

Carries over Kansas River Tributary
Design: truss/through/warren
Design Details: Miniature Warren through truss
Total Length: 0.0 Feet
Span Length: 0.0 Feet

Overview: Warren through truss bridge over Kansas River Tributary
History:
Built:

N 65th St Bridge

Carries N 65th St over Turner Diagonal Freeway
Design: beam
Design Details:
Total Length: 194.9 Feet
Span Length: 60.0 Feet

Bonner Springs Tunnel 1

Carries Possible storm sewer over K-32
Design: tunnel
Design Details: Tunnel
Total Length: 0.0 Feet
Span Length: 0.0 Feet

KCS/UP Overpass

Carries Kansas City Southern Railway over Union Pacific Railroad & Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad
Design: truss/through/double-warren
Design Details: Double-intersection Warren through truss Warren through truss with vertical endposts Pony plate girder
Total Length: 0.0 Feet
Span Length: 0.0 Feet

Overview: Lost Double-intersection Warren through truss bridge over Union Pacific Railroad & Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad on Kansas City Southern Railway
History: Lost either late 2001, or early 2002
Built:

Photo taken by Art Riordan, Courtesy of the dissolved Rock Island Technical Society

Turkey Creek Bridge

Carries Mill Street over Turkey Creek
Design: frame/concrete
Design Details: Concrete rigid frame
Total Length: 100.1 Feet
Span Length: 49.9 Feet

Overview: Concrete rigid frame bridge over Turkey Creek on Mill Street
History: Built 1940
Built: 1940

Bonner Springs Bridge

Carries E Cedar Steeet over Kansas River
Design: floating/pontoon
Design Details: Pontoon
Total Length: 0.0 Feet
Span Length: 0.0 Feet

Overview: Lost Pratt through truss bridge over Kansas River
History: Built 1898; Lost in the flood of 1903
Built: 1898

ATSF - Bonner Springs Bridge

Carries ATSF RR over Kansas River
Design: truss/through/warren
Design Details: Warren through truss
Total Length: 1618.0 Feet
Span Length: 164.0 Feet

UP - Kansas River Bridge #1

Carries Railroad (UP) over Kansas River
Design: truss/through/pratt
Design Details: Pratt through truss
Total Length: 515.0 Feet
Span Length: 183.0 Feet

Overview: Pratt through truss bridge over Kansas River on Railroad (UP)
History: Built 1903, Shifted and East Span Added 1911
Built: 1903

UP - 2nd Street Overpass

Carries Railroad (KCT) over 2nd Street
Design: beam/stringer/concrete
Design Details: Concrete stringer
Total Length: 0.0 Feet
Span Length: 0.0 Feet

Stockyards Bridge

Carries Livestock/Cattle Double Decked over Kansas River
Design: truss/through/camelback
Design Details: Main Span: Camelback through truss hybrid structure with a Prat Truss within. The Bridge was Double Decked.
Total Length: 0.0 Feet
Span Length: 0.0 Feet

Overview: Lost Camelback through truss bridge over Kansas River on Livestock/Cattle Double Decked
History: Built in Early 1900s shows on a 1907 map. Demolished Around 1974.
Built: 1907?

KCT - Adams Street Overpass

Carries Kansas City Terminal Railroad over Adams Street
Design: beam/stringer/concrete
Design Details: Slab bridge over Adams Street on Railroad (KCT)
Total Length: 0.0 Feet
Span Length: 0.0 Feet

Overview: Concrete stringer bridge over Adams Street on Kansas City Terminal Railroad
History:
Built:

7th Street Trafficway Viaduct

Carries South 7th Street Trafficway US-69 US-169 over Union Pacific Railroad, Rock Island Railroad
Design: arch/through/marsh
Design Details: A Stringer Bridge on the North Span with a Train Depot Platform in the Middle ( visible on Bing Birds Eye http://binged.it/1cVkNaK )with a Open Marsh Arch Span to the South over the rail yards. The Marsh Arch Span was replaced with a Stringer Span sometime in the 1970s or 1980s. That South Span that replaced it featured a noticable dip when driven on. The Bridge was torn down in 2007 replaced with a Plain Steel Stringer Bridge.
Total Length: 0.0 Feet
Span Length: 0.0 Feet

Overview: Lost Marsh arch bridge over Union Pacific Railroad, Rock Island Railroad on South 7th Street Trafficway US-69 US-169
History: Open Concrete Marsh Arch Segment Replaced in 1970s or 1980s. The Whole Span Replaced in 2007.
Built: 1930s

7th Street Turkey Creek Truss Bridge

Status: Removed but not replaced in the 1960s when I-35 was being completed in the area.

Carries Unknown Road under the 7th Street Trafficway Bridge over Turkey Creek
Design: truss/through
Design Details: Through truss
Total Length: 0.0 Feet
Span Length: 0.0 Feet

Overview: Lost Through truss bridge over Turkey Creek on Unknown Road under the 7th Street Trafficway Bridge
History:
Built:

Bonner Springs Tunnel 2

Carries over K-32
Design: tunnel
Design Details: Tunnel
Total Length: 0.0 Feet
Span Length: 0.0 Feet

Parkwood Park Bridge

Carries Pedestrian Walkway over Depression
Design: arch/deck/closed
Design Details: Closed-spandrel arch
Total Length: 0.0 Feet
Span Length: 0.0 Feet

Overview: Closed-spandrel arch bridge over Depression on Pedestrian Walkway
History:
Built:

Heathwood Park Bridge

Carries Pedestrian Walkway over Jersey Creek
Design: arch/deck/closed
Design Details: Closed-spandrel arch
Total Length: 0.0 Feet
Span Length: 0.0 Feet

Overview: Closed-spandrel arch bridge over Jersey Creek on Pedestrian Walkway
History:
Built:

Westheight Park Bridge #1

Carries Pedestrian Walkway over
Design: arch/deck/closed
Design Details: Closed-spandrel arch
Total Length: 0.0 Feet
Span Length: 0.0 Feet

Westheight Park Bridge #2

Carries Pedestrian Walkway over
Design: arch/deck/closed
Design Details: Closed-spandrel arch
Total Length: 0.0 Feet
Span Length: 0.0 Feet

KCT - Highline Viaduct #4

Carries Kansas City Terminal Railway over Berger Avenue
Design: girder/deck/plate
Design Details: Deck plate girder
Total Length: 485.0 Feet
Span Length: 45.0 Feet

Overview: Deck plate girder bridge over Berger Avenue on Kansas City Terminal Railway
History: Built 1917
Built: 1917

KCT - 2nd Street Bridge

Carries Kansas City Terminal Railway over 2nd Street
Design: slab
Design Details: Slab
Total Length: 60.0 Feet
Span Length: 35.0 Feet

Overview: Slab Bridge over 2nd Street on Kansas City Terminal Railway
History: Built 1917
Built: 1917

Private Bridge

Carries Walkway over Grassland
Design: truss/through/pratt
Design Details: Pratt through truss
Total Length: 0.0 Feet
Span Length: 0.0 Feet

KCKVW - City Park Trestle

Carries Kansas City, Kaw Valley, & Western Railroad over Mattoon Creek
Design: girder/deck/plate
Design Details: Deck plate girder
Total Length: 0.0 Feet
Span Length: 0.0 Feet

Overview: Lost Deck plate girder bridge over Mattoon Creek on Kansas City, Kaw Valley, & Western Railroad
History:
Built:

BNSF - Turkey Creek Bridge (Old)

Carries BNSF Railway over Turkey Creek
Design: girder/pony/plate
Design Details: Pony plate girder
Total Length: 0.0 Feet
Span Length: 0.0 Feet

Overview: Pony/through plate girder bridge over Turkey Creek on BNSF Railway
History:
Built:

Turner Bridge (1913)

Carries Kansas Avenue, K 132, Old K 32 over Kansas River
Design: truss/through/pratt
Design Details: Pratt through truss
Total Length: 0.0 Feet
Span Length: 0.0 Feet

Overview: Lost Pratt through truss bridge over Kansas River on K 132
History:
Built: 1913

Turner Bridge (1894)

Carries K 32 over Kansas River
Design: truss/through/pratt
Design Details: Pratt through truss
Total Length: 0.0 Feet
Span Length: 0.0 Feet

Overview: Lost Pratt through truss bridge over Kansas River on K 32
History: Built 1894, Replaced 1913
Built: 1894

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.

Bridges Found: 50

18th Street Bridge