St. Louis Avenue Bridge

Photos 

Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record

View photos at Library of Congress

BH Photo #122344

Map 

Street Views 

• New bridge on new alignment
• Former turnout with new span in background

Facts 

Overview

Lost skewed Pratt through truss over the KCS Railroad on St. Louis Avenue

Location

Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri

Status

Replaced by new bridge on different alignment

History

Built 1914; replaced 2003

Builder

- American Bridge Co. of New York

Railroad

- Kansas City Southern Railway (KCS)

Design

Skewed, riveted, 7-panel Pratt through truss

Dimensions

Length of largest span: 163.1 ft.
Total length: 163.0 ft.
Deck width: 41.0 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 17.4 ft.

Approximate latitude, longitude

+39.10505, -94.59393   (decimal degrees)
39°06'18" N, 94°35'38" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")

Approximate UTM coordinates

15/362179/4329643 (zone/easting/northing)

Quadrangle map:

Kansas City

Land survey

T. 49 N., R. 33 W., Sec. 6

Inventory numbers

MoDOT S-030B12 (Missouri Dept. of Transportation bridge number)
MONBI 25398 (Missouri bridge number on the National Bridge Inventory)
BH 21718 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Update Log 

• December 27, 2019: Updated by Luke: Added builder from LoC tags
• August 24, 2008: New photos from James Baughn

Related Bridges 

• Bluff Street Bridge (Older) (Predecessor)

Sources 

• James Baughn - webmaster [at] bridgehunter [dot] com
• HAER MO-95 - St. Louis Avenue Viaduct, Spanning Kansas City Terminal Railroad at Beardsley Road & Bluff Street, Kansas City, Jackson County, MO
• Clark Vance - cvance [at] dogmail [dot] com
• Luke

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