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Leavenworth Centennial Bridge

Leavenworth County, Kansas, and Platte County, Missouri
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This bridge carries Highway 92 across the Missouri River, connecting the states of Kansas and Missouri. This picture was taken from the Leavenworth riverfront.

Photo taken by Robert Elder in 2004

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Leavenworth Centennial Bridge

This video shows the Leavenworth Centennial Bridge being renovated. First we'll head East over it, then West. I'm hoping to reshoot this bridge in 1080P/60fps before it's demolished as it's beautiful.

Video posted by Mark Shannon

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Overview
Two-span through arch bridge over the Missouri River on KS 92/MO 92 at Leavenworth
Location
Leavenworth County, Kansas, and Platte County, Missouri
Status
Open to traffic
Future prospects
Doomed
History
Built 1955
Design
Steel through arch
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 420.0 ft.
Total length: 2,446.6 ft. (0.5 mi.)
Deck width: 25.9 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 18.6 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+39.32983, -94.90860   (decimal degrees)
39°19'47" N, 94°54'31" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
15/335495/4355116 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Leavenworth
Inventory numbers
KDOT 0052-B0026 (Kansas Dept. of Transportation bridge number)
BH 17929 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 04/2013)
Deck condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Appraisal: Functionally obsolete
Sufficiency rating: 56.6 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2012)
14,000

Categories 

Arch (10,193)
Built 1955 (294)
Built during 1950s (2,706)
Doomed (958)
Functionally obsolete (7,295)
Have street view (16,604)
Kansas (2,345)
Leavenworth County, Kansas (25)
Missouri (4,880)
 Missouri River (100)
Navigable waterway (1,726)
Open (31,918)
Owned by state (11,220)
Platte County, Missouri (53)
Span length 250-500 feet (952)
State line crossing (598)
Steel through arch (188)
Total length 1000-2500 feet (1,394)

Update Log 

  • November 26, 2014: New video from Mark Shannon
  • August 2, 2014: New photo from Tedd
  • January 5, 2012: Updated by Robert Elder: Edited Future prospects - doomed.
  • October 8, 2011: New photos from Ben Tate
  • March 9, 2010: Updated by Robert Elder: Added Street View link
  • September 15, 2008: New photo from Ruth Reynolds
  • February 3, 2008: New photo from Robert Elder

Sources 

  • Robert Elder - robertelder1 [at] gmail [dot] com
  • Ruth Reynolds - ruthmusic [at] yahoo [dot] com
  • Ben Tate - benji5221 [at] yahoo [dot] com
  • Mark Shannon
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Leavenworth Centennial Bridge
Posted January 5, 2012, by Robert Elder (robertelder1 [at] gmail [dot] com)

KDOT has proposed a preliminary engineering study to replace this bridge. Source: http://www.ksdot.org/TWorks/EcoDevo/downloads/Statewide_Proj...

Construction is probably still several years in the future.

Leavenworth Centennial Bridge
Posted April 15, 2011, by Doug Burch (dougbstf [at] yahoo [dot] com)

Kansas Dept. of Transportation is just now beginning rehab of this bridge. More or less going to be a patch and go project. All of the arches and all of the steal will stay, as well as the piers. Major redecking taking place though.