Kansas Avenue Bridge

Photos 

View from State Line Road

Photo taken by James Baughn

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BH Photo #103249

Map 

Street View 

Facts 

Overview

Deck truss bridge over Kansas River on Kansas Avenue in Kansas City

Location

Kansas City, Wyandotte County, Kansas, and Jackson County, Missouri

Status

Open to four-lane traffic

History

Built 1921; rehabilitated 1978 and 2007

Design

Warren deck truss

Dimensions

Length of largest span: 321.7 ft.
Total length: 1,394.6 ft.
Deck width: 49.8 ft.

Also called

23rd Street Viaduct (official name)

Approximate latitude, longitude

+39.09007, -94.60865   (decimal degrees)
39°05'24" N, 94°36'31" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")

Approximate UTM coordinates

15/360877/4328003 (zone/easting/northing)

Quadrangle map:

Kansas City

Average daily traffic (as of 2013)

7,065

Inventory number

BH 18693 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Inspection report (as of July 2017)

Overall condition: Poor
Superstructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Deck condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 34.3 (out of 100)
View more at BridgeReports.com

Categories 

Update Log 

• March 9, 2010: Updated by Robert Elder: Added Street View link
• April 23, 2008: Updated by Max Johnson
• July 3, 2006: Posted new photos

Related Bridges 

• 23rd Street Viaduct (Same project) - This bridge crosses the state line and is several continuous spans with different names

Sources 

• Robert Elder - robertelder1 [at] gmail [dot] com

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