US40 Little Blue River Bridge

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Overview: Lost through truss bridge over Little Blue River on US 40
Location: Jackson County, Missouri
Status: Replaced by new bridge
History: Built 1923; rehabilitated 1975; replaced 1999
Builder: - W.A. Ross Construction Co. of Kansas City, Missouri
Design: Main span: Riveted, 5-panel Pratt through trusses
Approaches: Two riveted Pratt pony trusses
Dimensions: Length of largest span: 100.1 ft.
Total length: 207.0 ft.
Deck width: 20.3 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 16.0 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude: +39.03123, -94.35567 (decimal degrees)
39°01'52" N, 94°21'20" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates: 15/382659/4321116 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:: Blue Springs
Land survey: T. 49 N., R. 31 W., Sec. 29
Inventory numbers: MoDOT G-363R1 (Missouri Dept. of Transportation bridge number)
BH 42778 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Update Log

December 22, 2011: Updated by Clark Vance: Corrected location
June 14, 2009: Added by James Baughn

Sources

Missouri Historic Bridge Inventory
Clark Vance - cvance [at] dogmail [dot] com

Comments

Little Blue River US 40 Bridge

Posted September 16, 2015, by Clark Vance (cvance [at] dogmail [dot] com)

I think you have the wrong bridge. This one is long gone. The one you're probably thinking of is the US 40 (Big) Blue River Bridge being moved to cross the Little Blue--and yes, great news.