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Photo taken by James Baughn

Overview: Wooden trestle bridge over the inactive Rock Island Railroad on Raytown Road in Raytown
Location: Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri
Status: Open to one-lane northbound traffic
History: Built 1904; reduced to one-way traffic in 2004; rehabilitated 2005
Design: Steel stringer with wooden piers
Dimensions: Length of largest span: 34.1 ft.
Total length: 195.8 ft.
Deck width: 21.3 ft.
Recognition: Eligible for the National Register of Historic Places
Approximate latitude, longitude: +39.00614, -94.46388 (decimal degrees)
39°00'22" N, 94°27'50" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates: 15/373247/4318476 (zone/easting/northing)
Land survey: T. 48 N., R. 32 W., Sec. 5
USGS topographic map: Independence
Inventory numbers: MO 048-361500.5 (Missouri off-system bridge number)
MONBI 22555 (Missouri bridge number on the National Bridge Inventory)
BH 21710 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 04/2011): Deck condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 74.2 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2011): 9,650

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