East 23rd Street Viaduct

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Map 

Facts 

Overview

Lost plate girder bridge over Big Blue River on 23rd Street Trafficway

Location

Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri

Status

Replaced by new bridge

History

Built 1936; replaced 1997

Builders

- Black & Veatch
- Wisconsin Bridge & Iron Co. of Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Design

Deck plate girder

Dimensions

Length of largest span: 109.9 ft.
Total length: 1,639.1 ft.
Deck width: 42.0 ft.

Also called

East Twenty-Third Street Viaduct (full name)

Approximate latitude, longitude

+39.08292, -94.49761   (decimal degrees)
39°04'59" N, 94°29'51" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")

Approximate UTM coordinates

15/370467/4327045 (zone/easting/northing)

Inventory numbers

MO 048-S048B11 (Missouri off-system bridge number)
BH 37376 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Update Log 

• September 7, 2008: Added by James Baughn

Sources 

• HAER MO-102 - East Twenty-third Street Viaduct, Spanning Big Blue River at Manchester Trafficway, Kansas City, Jackson County, MO
• James Baughn - webmaster [at] bridgehunter [dot] com

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