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MoPac US50 Bridge
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Traveling east on old US 50
Photo taken by Clark Vance in June 2011
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BH Photo #255183
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
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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)
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
It only changed thirty or forty years ago. I need time to get used to the change....