Bridge Type
Main Span(s): Steel continuous [4] Truss - Deck [09]
Approach Span(s): Steel [3] Girder and floorbeam system [03]
Deck: Concrete Cast-in-Place [1] with Wearing Surface:
Bridge Dimensions
Length: 425.2 m = 1395.1 ft
Main Spans: 3 at 98.1 m = 321.9 ft
Approach Spans: 17
Skew: 10
Width, Roadway: 15.2 m = 49.9 ft (4 Lanes) and Out-To-Out: 17.9 m = 58.7 ft for a 18.2 m = 59.7 ft approaching roadway.
Vertical Clearance: 9.99 m = 32.8 ft and Navigational Clearance: 4.6 m = 15.1 ft
Location
Kansas City [36000]: Wyandotte County [209], Kansas [20]
Owned by County Highway Agency [02], DOT District: 1
E KS AVE OVER KS RIVER
Condition
Deck: Satisfactory [6]
Superstructure: Fair [5]
Substructure: Fair [5]
Loading
Design: MS 18 / HS 20 [5]
Operating: 26.3 metric ton = 28.9 tons (Load Factor(LF) [1])
Inventory: 15.7 metric ton = 17.3 tons (Load Factor(LF) [1])
Appraisal
Structural: Basically intolerable requiring high priority of replacement [2]
Deck Geometry: Basically intolerable requiring high priority of corrrective action [3]
Road Alignment: Equal to present minimum criteria [6]
Waterway: Better than present minimum criteria [7] and Bridge foundations determined to be stable for assessed or calculated scour condition. [5]
Inspections
Date: March 1999 [399] and Frequency: 24
Future Work
Work Needed: Replacement of bridge or other structure because of substandard load carrying capacity or substantial bridge roadway geometry. [31]
Bridge Detour: 0.8 km = 0.5 mi
Traffic
ADT: 7065 (2013) and Trucks: 10%
Future ADT: 10600 (In 2035
)