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View from Kaw Point confluence

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Crossing train

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View from southwest

Facts

Overview: Four-span through truss bridge over Kansas River on the Union Pacific Railroad just north of I-70
Location: Kansas City, Wyandotte County, Kansas
Status: Open to single-track railroad traffic
History: Built 1904 to replace previous bridge destroyed by 1903 flood
Design: 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)
Also called: Two Rivers bridge
Union Pacific Kansas River Bridge 1
Inventory number: BH 18695 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Update Log

April 24, 2008: Updated by Max Johnson
April 23, 2008: Updated by Max Johnson
July 3, 2006: Posted new photos

Comments

Kansas River Railroad Bridge No. 1

Posted March 2, 2007, by Marty Myers (conductor_mtm [at] yahoo [dot] com)

A walkway for railroad workers was added in 1999.

Kansas River Railroad Bridge No. 1

Posted December 31, 2006, by Bob Franke (glad6813 [at] netzero [dot] net)

This bridge was constructed by the Kansas City North Western Railroad. The first bridge at this location was destroyed in 1903 by a flood, and a replacement was contracted for in July of that year. [Source - I.E. Quastler, Missouri Pacific Northwest: A History of the Kansas City Northwestern Railroad, 1994]

The brige was used by the Missouri Pacific and the Chicago Great Western, and is still in use by the Union Pacific.