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Lewis and Clark Viaduct

Wyandotte County, Kansas, and Jackson County, Missouri

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North side

Photo taken by James Baughn

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Overview
Deck truss bridge over Kansas River on I-70 Westbound in Kansas City
Location
Kansas City, Wyandotte County, Kansas, and Jackson County, Missouri
Status
Open to traffic
Future prospects
A new Kansas River Bridge is planed for I-70 to the West of the structure, leaving the future plans for this bridge to become just an offramp to Downtown KCK and Fairfax District from I-70. The New Bridge Project is scheduled to start sometime during or after 2016.
History
Opened Nov. 12, 1962; rehabilitated 1984
Design
Main spans: Two riveted, 10-panel Warren deck trusses with verticals
Northbound offramp main span: One riveted, 10-panel Warren deck truss with verticals
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 304.0 ft.
Total length: 3,048.1 ft. (0.6 mi.)
Deck width: 20.0 ft.
Also called
Intercity Viaduct (original name)
Approximate latitude, longitude
+39.11335, -94.61524   (decimal degrees)
39°06'48" N, 94°36'55" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
15/360353/4330596 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Kansas City
Average daily traffic (as of 2015)
21,800
Inventory numbers
KDOT 0105-B0030 (Kansas Dept. of Transportation bridge number)
BH 18700 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection report (as of June 2016)
Overall condition: Fair
Superstructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Deck condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 54.3 (out of 100)
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Categories 

Built 1962 (184)
Built during 1960s (1,772)
Deck truss (1,538)
Functionally obsolete (7,812)
Have street view (23,497)
Interstate 70 (35)
Jackson County, Missouri (245)
Kansas (2,802)
Kansas City, Kansas (37)
Kansas River (31)
Missouri (6,005)
Navigable waterway (2,065)
 Open (36,944)
Owned by state (14,038)
Riveted (1,961)
Span length 250-500 feet (1,085)
State line crossing (750)
Total length over 2500 feet (787)
Truss (29,800)
US 24 (47)
Warren deck truss (563)
Warren truss (5,935)
Wyandotte County, Kansas (45)

Update Log 

  • June 3, 2018: New photos from Bob Franke
  • February 3, 2018: New photo from Neil Krout
  • February 2, 2018: New Street View added by Dana and Kay Klein
  • February 2, 2018: New photo from Neil Krout
  • November 9, 2013: Updated by Chris Knight: Oops Direction error
  • March 9, 2010: Updated by Robert Elder: Added Street View link
  • July 3, 2006: Posted new photos

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Sources 

  • Robert Elder - robertelder1 [at] gmail [dot] com
  • Neil Krout - kickinpony [dot] 66 [at] gmail [dot] com
  • Dana and Kay Klein
  • Bob Franke
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Lewis and Clark Viaduct
Posted June 3, 2018, by Anonymous

If there is any good news out of this demolition thus far, at least it was the newer truss that was dropped in to the river. The 1960s bridge is obviously far less significant than the 1907 Bridge although it would be best if we did not lose either one.

I REALLY hope that there is some chance of saving the 1907 Bridge.

Lewis and Clark Viaduct
Posted June 3, 2018, by Bob Franke (rcfranke6813 [at] gmail [dot] com)

The truss over the Kansas River was dropped on the morning of June 2.

Lewis and Clark Viaduct
Posted February 2, 2018, by Neil Krout (kickinpony [dot] 66 [at] gmail [dot] com)

The Westbound lanes have been closed as of today, 2/2/2018 for a 2.5 year projected project length.

Lewis and Clark Viaduct
Posted January 27, 2008, by Local

I was out at the bridge today, 1/27/2008 at 4:30PM.

The photo is heading westbound on the north bridge, near the east end.