Fairfax Bridge

Photo 

Overall view The Fairfax and Platte Purchase Bridges in 2007

Map 

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Facts 

Overview

Through truss bridge over the Missouri River on Southbound US 69 in Kansas City

Status

Open to southbound traffic

History

Built 1935; rehabilitated 1979

Design

Cantilevered through truss

Dimensions

Length of largest span: 474.0 ft.
Total length: 2,594.4 ft.
Deck width: 20.0 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 16.2 ft.

Approximate latitude, longitude

+39.15833, -94.62333   (decimal degrees)
39°09'30" N, 94°37'24" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")

Land survey

T. 50 N., R. 33 W., Sec. 8

Inventory numbers

MONBI 5821 (Missouri bridge number on the National Bridge Inventory)
BH 22346 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Update Log 

• April 30, 2008: New photo from Max Johnson
• February 28, 2008: Updated by Robert Elder: Edited "Design"

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