First Hannibal Bridge

Photos 

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View from Clay County 1876 Photo taken by Mark Frazier in November 2007 Enlarge

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1908 postcard

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First bridge and new piers for the second bridge Photo by Eric Kinkhorst

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Photo by Eric Kinkhorst

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Tornado damage Photo by Eric Kinkhorst

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Steamboat passing open span Photo by Eric Kinkhorst

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KC 1869 Photo taken by Eric Kinkhorst

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Post Card (1908) Oldest Bridge crossing the Missouri River at Kansas City Photo shared by Paul Hamby

Map 

Description 

Timeline 

1867
Octave Chanute designs bridge for growing Kansas City area

1868
Construction begins on a a five span swinging bridge though truss bridge

1869
Bridge opens, becomes first bridge on the Missouri River at Kansas City

1887
Tornado strikes bridge, center span collapses

1888
Bridge spans replaced, reopened

1916
Bridge needing replacment, closed to all traffic

1917
Second Hannibal Bridge built, First Hannibal Bridge torn down

Facts 

Overview

Lost through truss bridge over Missouri River on Railroad in Kansas City

Location

Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri, and Clay County, Missouri

Status

No longer exists

History

Built 1869 under the direction of Octave Chanute; damaged by tornado in 1887, replaced 1917 by the Second Hannibal Bridge

Builder

- Octave Chanute

Design

Swinging through truss

Also called

Burlington Bridge
Hannibal Bridge

Approximate latitude, longitude

+39.11310, -94.58772   (decimal degrees)
39°06'47" N, 94°35'16" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")

Approximate UTM coordinates

15/362732/4330527 (zone/easting/northing)

USGS topographic map

Kansas City

Inventory number

BH 36474 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Update Log 

• November 14, 2011: Updated by Clark Vance: Placed on map
• November 13, 2010: New photo from Paul Hamby
• August 4, 2010: New photo from Eric Kinkhorst
• January 6, 2010: New photos from Eric Kinkhorst
• January 5, 2010: New photos from Eric Kinkhorst
• October 22, 2009: New photos from David Smothers
• February 15, 2009: New photo from Mark Frazier
• April 27, 2008: Updated by Max Johnson
• April 24, 2008: Essay added by Max Johnson
• April 23, 2008: Added by Max Johnson

Related Bridges 

• Second Hannibal Bridge (Successor)

Sources 

• Mark Frazier - mfrazier [at] kc [dot] rr [dot] com
• David Smothers - davidsupreme [at] embarqmail [dot] com
• Eric Kinkhorst - e [dot] kinkhorst [at] centurytel [dot] net
• Clark Vance - cvance [at] dogmail [dot] com
• Picture from 1903 flood at KC Library

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