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RI - Raytown Lee's Summit Road underpass
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
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)
Update Log
- May 6, 2022: New photo from Clark Vance
- March 11, 2020: Added by Clark Vance
Sources
- Clark Vance - cvance [at] dogmail [dot] com