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Blue Parkway Viaduct

Jackson County, Missouri
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Overview
Lost steel plate-girder bridge over Blue River on Blue Parkway in Kansas City
Location
Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri
Status
Replaced by a new bridge
History
Built 1936; rehabilitated 1976; replaced 2004
Builder
- List Construction Co. (Contractor)
Design
Deck plate girder
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 105.0 ft.
Total length: 810.0 ft.
Deck width: 42.0 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+39.03446, -94.52685   (decimal degrees)
39°02'04" N, 94°31'37" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
15/367848/4321710 (zone/easting/northing)
Land survey
T. 49 N., R. 33 W., Sec. 26
USGS topographic map
Kansas City
Inventory numbers
MoDOT S-082B33 (Missouri Dept. of Transportation bridge number)
MONBI 25449 (Missouri bridge number on the National Bridge Inventory)
BH 21685 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 03/2006)
Deck condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Appraisal: Structurally deficient
Sufficiency rating: 47.2 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2005)
33,400

Categories 

Blue River (Missouri) (6)
Built 1936 (752)
Built during 1930s (8,579)
Deck girder (1,835)
Formerly NR-eligible (267)
Girder (3,292)
Jackson County, Missouri (161)
Kansas City, Missouri (95)
List Construction Co. (2)
Lost (10,499)
 Lost 2004 (412)
Lost during 2000s (3,098)
Missouri (4,536)
Owned by city (3,091)
Plate girder (2,289)
Replaced by new bridge (7,224)
Skewed (4,083)
Span length 100-125 feet (3,307)
Structurally deficient (16,730)
Total length 500-1000 feet (1,820)

Update Log 

  • December 24, 2011: Updated by Clark Vance: Location adjustment, added railroad and street crossed

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