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Blue Parkway Railroad Viaduct

Jackson County, Missouri
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Photo taken by James Baughn

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Overview
Three-span open-spandrel arch bridge over Blue Parkway on the Kansas City Southern Railway in Kansas City
Location
Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri
Status
Open to railroad traffic above and four-lane highway traffic below
History
Built 1928
Design
Open-spandrel arch
Approximate latitude, longitude
+39.03360, -94.51402   (decimal degrees)
39°02'01" N, 94°30'50" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
15/368957/4321595 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map
Kansas City
Inventory number
BH 21684 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Arch (9,419)
Built 1928 (806)
Built during 1920s (7,033)
Concrete inset railing (139)
Deck arch (8,700)
Have street view (9,894)
Jackson County, Missouri (159)
 Kansas City Southern Railway (115)
Kansas City, Missouri (95)
Missouri (4,522)
Open (28,313)
Open-spandrel arch (582)
Owned by railroad (4,046)
Railroad (4,075)

Update Log 

  • August 10, 2012: Updated by Clark Vance: Added category "Railroad"
  • March 6, 2010: New photos from Joshua Collins
  • June 26, 2006: Posted new photos

Sources 

  • Joshua Collins - Bigjc1979 [at] aol [dot] com
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Blue Parkway Railroad Viaduct
Posted December 27, 2010, by Clark Vance (cvance [at] dogmail [dot] com)

Youtube video is now here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FY7HZJc_B14

Blue Parkway Railroad Viaduct
Posted March 20, 2010, by Michael Gillespie (TheRiverWriter [at] aol [dot] com)

In 1940 Kansas City Southern produced a film that showed the inagural run of the Southern Belle going over this bridge. It's about 20 seconds into the film, at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d21uOQGhlGY

Blue Parkway Railroad Viaduct
Posted October 17, 2007, by Kelly McClanahan (KMCCLA [at] aol [dot] com)

In all there are four high spans for the KCS in Kansas City, three are of this type. The other two high concrete arch bridges are found at 67th Street, and Gregory BLVD (can be seen from I-435). The 67th Street bridge/Wildcat Hollow is hidden, and is in a heavily wooded area. The other high span is across 63rd Street.