I-35 Viaduct

Photos

West side looking north

Photo taken by Clark Vance in April 2014

BH Photo #355345

Overview: Deck plate girder bridge over Avenida Cesar E Chavez, Southwest Blvd., and other city streets on I-35
Location: Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri
Status: Open to traffic
History: Built 1946 Rehabbed in 1998, and 2014
Design: Deck plate girder
Dimensions: Length of largest span: 191.9 ft.
Total length: 2,952.2 ft. (0.6 mi.)
Deck width: 105.0 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude: +39.08402, -94.59280 (decimal degrees)
39°05'02" N, 94°35'34" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates: 15/362236/4327308 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:: Kansas City
Land survey: T. 49 N., R. 34 W., Sec. 7
Average daily traffic (as of 2015): 152,667
Inventory numbers: MONBI 6657 (Missouri bridge number on the National Bridge Inventory)
BH 55795 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection report (as of January 2017): Overall condition: Fair
Superstructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Deck condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 68.5 (out of 100)
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I-35 Viaduct

Posted June 8, 2019, by Clark Vance (cvance [at] dogmail [dot] com)

It's a real treat to see the old cars and skyline again. The area still looks about the same except for I-35 merging in from the southwest.