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Kansas Avenue Bridge

Wyandotte County, Kansas, and Jackson County, Missouri
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Photos 

View from State Line Road

Photo taken by James Baughn

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Map 

Street View 

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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
Inventory number
BH 18693 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 08/2015)
Deck condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Appraisal: Structurally deficient
Sufficiency rating: 34.3 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2013)
7,065

Categories 

Built 1921 (485)
Built during 1920s (8,672)
Curved (355)
Deck truss (1,487)
Have street view (21,620)
Jackson County, Missouri (234)
Kansas (2,667)
Kansas City, Kansas (40)
Kansas River (31)
Missouri (5,893)
Navigable waterway (1,991)
 Open (36,076)
Owned by county (18,700)
Skewed (4,655)
Span length 250-500 feet (1,072)
State line crossing (722)
Structurally deficient (18,300)
Total length 1000-2500 feet (1,630)
Truss (29,238)
Warren deck truss (530)
Warren truss (5,688)
Wyandotte County, Kansas (48)

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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Kansas Avenue Bridge
Posted January 10, 2014, by Chris Knight

I found some nice old Photos including a really cool Model of this bridge on a Parade Float here: http://www.mypresentpast.com/home/towns/argentine-kansas4.ht...

Kansas Avenue Bridge
Posted November 28, 2007, by Local

This bridge is currently being rebuilt.

A new surface is being added and the deck is being redone new