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Fairfax Bridge

Platte County, Missouri, and Wyandotte County, Kansas
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View from southwest

Photo taken by James Baughn in August 2011

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Overview
Through truss bridge over the Missouri River on Southbound US 69 in Kansas City
Location
Kansas City, Platte County, Missouri, and Wyandotte County, Kansas
Status
Open to southbound traffic
History
Built 1935; rehabilitated 1979
Builders
- Kansas City Bridge Co. of Kansas City, Missouri
- Sverdrup & Parcel of St. Louis, Missouri (Designer)
Design
Warren through truss
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 474.0 ft.
Total length: 2,594.4 ft. (0.5 mi.)
Deck width: 20.0 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 16.2 ft.
Recognition
Eligible for the National Register of Historic Places
Approximate latitude, longitude
+39.15655, -94.62361   (decimal degrees)
39°09'24" N, 94°37'25" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
15/359715/4335404 (zone/easting/northing)
Land survey
T. 50 N., R. 33 W., Sec. 8
USGS topographic map
North Kansas City
Inventory numbers
MONBI 5821 (Missouri bridge number on the National Bridge Inventory)
MoDOT K-456R (Missouri Dept. of Transportation bridge number)
BH 22346 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 05/2011)
Deck condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Appraisal: Structurally deficient
Sufficiency rating: 39.9 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2011)
6,487

Categories 

Built 1935 (1,459)
Built during 1930s (8,579)
Cantilevered (245)
Cantilevered truss (223)
Have street view (10,038)
Kansas (2,289)
Kansas City Bridge Co. (106)
Kansas City, Kansas (29)
Kansas City, Missouri (95)
Missouri (4,536)
Missouri River (95)
NR-eligible (3,751)
Navigable waterway (1,453)
Open (28,458)
 Owned by state (9,854)
Platte County, Missouri (47)
Span length 250-500 feet (867)
State line crossing (515)
Structurally deficient (16,730)
Sverdrup & Parcel (24)
TRUSS Award 2013 (14)
Through truss (9,256)
Total length over 2500 feet (595)
Truss (23,618)
US 69 (27)
Warren through truss (935)
Warren truss (3,959)
Wyandotte County, Kansas (34)

Update Log 

  • January 27, 2013: New photos from James Baughn
  • September 20, 2011: New photos from Jason Smith
  • March 9, 2010: Updated by Robert Elder: Added Street View link
  • February 5, 2010: Updated by Robert Elder: Added City - Bridge is partially in both KCMO and KCK.
  • April 30, 2008: New photo from Max Johnson
  • February 28, 2008: Updated by Robert Elder: Edited "Design"

Sources 

  • Mark Frazier - mfrazier [at] kc [dot] rr [dot] com
  • Missouri Historic Bridge Inventory
  • Robert Elder - robertelder1 [at] gmail [dot] com
  • Jason Smith - JDSmith77 [at] gmx [dot] net
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Fairfax Bridge
Posted March 15, 2008, by Mark Frazier (mfrazier [at] kc [dot] rr [dot] com)

Press photo from May 2, 1939. Men searching for a man associated with the Pendergast organiztion who they believed committed suicide by jumping from the bridge when faced with Federal income tax evasion charges.

Webmaster's note: The photo that was here has been incorporated into the main site.