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E. 56th Street bridge
Photos
North railing
Photo taken by Clark Vance in December 2011
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BH Photo #228546
Description
The MoPac changed to this more southern alignment in 1946. This bridge allowed the road to pass over the new cut.
Facts
- Overview
- Concrete stringer bridge over Union Pacific RR (former MoPac) on E. 56th Street
- Location
- Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri
- Status
- Open to traffic
- History
- Built 1946 when railroad changed alignment
- Railroads
- - Missouri Pacific Railroad (MP)
- Union Pacific Railroad (UP)
- Design
- Slab
- Dimensions
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Length of largest span: 34.1 ft.
Total length: 87.9 ft.
Deck width: 22.3 ft.
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +39.01914, -94.41393 (decimal degrees)
39°01'09" N, 94°24'50" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
- Approximate UTM coordinates
- 15/377595/4319851 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Independence
- Land survey
- T. 49 N., R. 32 W., Sec. 35
- Elevation
- 890 ft. above sea level
- Average daily traffic (as of 2016)
- 43
- Inventory numbers
- MONBI 25460 (Missouri bridge number on the National Bridge Inventory)
BH 51868 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
- Inspection report (as of March 2018)
- Overall condition: Fair
Superstructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Deck condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 84 (out of 100)
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Update Log
- September 14, 2013: New Street View added by Dave King
- August 27, 2012: Updated by Clark Vance: Reclassified as slab
- August 10, 2012: Updated by Clark Vance: Added NBI and minor changes
- March 24, 2012: Updated by Clark Vance: Added categories "Union Pacific Railroad", "Missouri Pacific Railroad"
Sources
- Clark Vance - cvance [at] dogmail [dot] com
- Dave King - DKinghawkfan [at] hotmail [dot] com
If you follow the road around to the other bridge, you are on part of the old rail bed. The part of the old bridge abutment can seen on Noland Rd, though the narrow area, across from the house. However, I have no idea what the old bridge was prior to 1946. I had figured that the bypass was built between 1946-48 according to my maps.