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Beardsley Road Viaduct
Photos
Beneath I-670
The lowest of the three bridges visible. The relatively recent I-670 runs above Beardsley Road. The Beardsley Road bridge spans a section of the west bluff. Water running down the bluff runs under it. With the addition of I-670 it's possible the bridge could have been replaced with fill and culverts.
Photo taken by Clark Vance in March 2011
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BH Photo #195458
Description
Nothing historic here, folks. As of Feb 2011 the road is open with Jersey railings running the length of the road and no indication from above that there is a bridge.
Facts
- Overview
- Concrete deck girder bridge on Beardsley Road
- Location
- Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri
- Status
- Replaced 2010
- History
- Built 1917
- Design
- Concrete deck girder
- Dimensions
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Length of largest span: 40.0 ft.
Total length: 640.1 ft.
Deck width: 40.0 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 24.0 ft.
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +39.09648, -94.59680 (decimal degrees)
39°05'47" N, 94°35'48" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
- Approximate UTM coordinates
- 15/361914/4328696 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Kansas City
- Land survey
- T. 49 N., R. 33 W., Sec. 6
- Elevation
- 850 ft. above sea level
- Average daily traffic (as of 2009)
- 2,500
- Inventory numbers
- MONBI 25401 (Missouri bridge number on the National Bridge Inventory)
BH 42786 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
- Inspection report (as of May 2008)
- Overall condition: Poor
Superstructure condition rating: Critical (2 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Critical (2 out of 9)
Deck condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 36.7 (out of 100)
View more at BridgeReports.com
Update Log
- March 18, 2011: Updated by Clark Vance: Added photos and street view.
- February 3, 2011: Updated by Clark Vance: Updated status to "open".
- December 27, 2010: Updated by Clark Vance: Moved Google Maps marker
- June 14, 2009: Added by James Baughn
The old Beardsley Road Viaduct was haunted. I wonder if the new one is, too. It certainly has a lot less character now.