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East 23rd Street Viaduct

Jackson County, Missouri

Photos 

Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record

View photos at Library of Congress

BH Photo #123160

Map 

Facts 

Overview
Lost plate girder bridge over Big Blue River on 23rd Street Trafficway
Location
Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri
Status
Replaced by new bridge
History
Built 1936; replaced 1997
Builders
- Black & Veatch of Kansas City, Missouri
- Wisconsin Bridge & Iron Co. of Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Design
Deck plate girder
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 109.9 ft.
Total length: 1,639.1 ft.
Deck width: 42.0 ft.
Also called
East Twenty-Third Street Viaduct (full name)
Approximate latitude, longitude
+39.08292, -94.49761   (decimal degrees)
39°04'59" N, 94°29'51" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
15/370467/4327045 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Independence
Inventory numbers
MO 048-S048B11 (Missouri off-system bridge number)
BH 37376 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Big Blue River (Kansas-Missouri) (22)
Black & Veatch (1)
Built 1936 (1,202)
Built during 1930s (12,169)
Deck girder (6,305)
Girder (11,173)
HAER documented (1,122)
Haunched deck plate girder (92)
Jackson County, Missouri (299)
Kansas City, Missouri (169)
 Lost (28,529)
Lost 1997 (425)
Lost during 1990s (4,147)
Missouri (6,563)
Plate girder (8,728)
Replaced by new bridge (19,403)
Span length 100-125 feet (4,554)
Total length 1000-2500 feet (1,997)
Wisconsin Bridge & Iron Co. (174)

Update Log 

  • September 7, 2008: Added by James Baughn

Sources 

  • HAER MO-102 - East Twenty-third Street Viaduct, Spanning Big Blue River at Manchester Trafficway, Kansas City, Jackson County, MO
  • James Baughn - webmaster [at] bridgehunter [dot] com

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