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MoPac US50 Bridge

Jackson County, Missouri

Photos 

Traveling east on old US 50

Photo taken by Clark Vance in June 2011

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BH Photo #255183

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Street View 

Description 

Crosses the 1927 alignment of US 50. Four new lanes were opened to the south during the '60s and this became the outer road.

Facts 

Overview
Deck plate girder bridge over US 50 Hwy on Union Pacific RR
Location
Lee's Summit, Jackson County, Missouri
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1927
Railroads
- Missouri Pacific Railroad (MP)
- Union Pacific Railroad (UP)
Design
Deck plate girder
Dimensions
Vertical clearance above deck: 140.0 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+38.90368, -94.37340   (decimal degrees)
38°54'13" N, 94°22'24" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
15/380911/4306984 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Lake Jacomo
Inventory number
BH 56450 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Built 1927 (863)
Built during 1920s (9,956)
Deck girder (5,777)
Girder (10,299)
Have street view (27,065)
Jackson County, Missouri (292)
Lee's Summit, Missouri (9)
Missouri (6,315)
 Missouri Pacific Railroad (382)
Open (39,977)
Owned by railroad (12,498)
Plate girder (7,983)
Railroad (15,601)
US 50 (101)
Union Pacific Railroad (2,375)

Update Log 

  • June 2, 2013: Updated by Clark Vance: Added categories "railroad", "Union Pacific Railroad", "Missouri Pacific Railroad", "US 50"

Sources 

  • Clark Vance - cvance [at] dogmail [dot] com
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Comments 

Mo Pac 50 hwy bridge
Posted June 2, 2013, by Clark Vance (cvance [at] dogmail [dot] com)

It only changed thirty or forty years ago. I need time to get used to the change....

Mo Pac 50 hwy bridge
Posted June 2, 2013, by Kelly McClanahan

While this is the old 50 Highway, the road now is called Blue Parkway.