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Bannister Road Bridge

Jackson County, Missouri
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Piers on the pre 1931 alignment north of the current location

Photo taken by Clark Vance

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Overview
Lost pony truss bridge over Little Blue River on Bannister Road in Kansas City
Location
Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri
Status
Replaced by a new bridge
History
Built 1931; replaced ca. 2004
Design
Pony truss
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 42.0 ft.
Total length: 175.8 ft.
Deck width: 20.0 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+38.94636, -94.43040   (decimal degrees)
38°56'47" N, 94°25'49" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
15/376042/4311796 (zone/easting/northing)
Land survey
T. 48 N., R. 32 W., Sec. 27
USGS topographic map
Lees Summit
Inventory numbers
MONBI 25509 (Missouri bridge number on the National Bridge Inventory)
BH 21682 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 03/2004)
Deck condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Appraisal: Structurally deficient
Sufficiency rating: 4.0 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2005)
4,830

Categories 

Built 1931 (573)
Built during 1930s (8,552)
Jackson County, Missouri (159)
Kansas City, Missouri (95)
Lost (10,356)
Missouri (4,521)
Owned by city (3,048)
 Pony truss (13,215)
Replaced by new bridge (7,131)
Span length 25-50 feet (10,048)
Structurally deficient (16,677)
Total length 175-250 feet (2,789)
Truss (23,565)

Update Log 

  • June 20, 2006: Bridge has been replaced

Sources 

  • Clark Vance - cvance [at] dogmail [dot] com
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Bannister Road Bridge
Posted June 16, 2010, by C. Vance (cvance [at] dogmail [dot] com)

This pony truss bridge was one of many built around Jackson County in the 1930s when many of the county highways were created. There were many built in this style and I believe this was one of the last (along with Noland Road about a mile NNE) to be replaced.

Examining old maps suggested that Bannister Road was realigned when the bridge was built. This suggested that there had been another bridge on the earlier alignment. I followed the original alignment and found the piers and abutments shown in the attached photos. I have no idea of what kind of bridge was there or whether it was removed when the new bridge (1930s) was opened, remained in service, was washed out, etc.

Webmaster's note: The photos that were here have been incorporated into the main site.