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RI - Raytown Lee's Summit Road underpass

Jackson County, Missouri

Photo 

Knobtown looking east through the old bridge

From the book: Results of County Planning. No publisher or copyright information. From around 1930.

Photo uploaded by Clark Vance

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BH Photo #530870

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Description 

Large concrete culvert allowing a road to pass under the CRI&P. Replaced with a girder bridge when the road was widened.

Facts 

Overview
Lost Closed-spandrel arch bridge over Raytown Lee's Summit Road (US 50) on CRI&P Railroad
Location
Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri
Status
Replaced by a new bridge
History
Built ca 1903 when the RI was built, replaced 1934 when US 50 was widened
Railroad
- Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad (CRIP (1866-1920); RI (1920-1975) ROCK (1975-1980))
Design
Closed-spandrel arch
Also called
US 50 underpass
Approximate latitude, longitude
+38.96597, -94.42985   (decimal degrees)
38°57'57" N, 94°25'47" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
15/376125/4313971 (zone/easting/northing)
Land survey
T. 48 N., R. 32 W., Sec. 22
Elevation
829 ft. above sea level
Inventory number
BH 88499 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Arch (12,661)
Built 1903 (624)
Built during 1900s (7,647)
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad (1,158)
Closed-spandrel arch (4,261)
Deck arch (11,898)
Jackson County, Missouri (299)
Kansas City, Missouri (169)
 Lost (28,514)
Lost 1934 (78)
Lost during 1930s (870)
Missouri (6,563)
Owned by railroad (13,502)
Railroad (16,460)
Replaced by new bridge (19,392)
US 50 (109)

Update Log 

  • May 6, 2022: New photo from Clark Vance
  • March 11, 2020: Added by Clark Vance

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Sources 

  • Clark Vance - cvance [at] dogmail [dot] com

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