Historic Bridges of the U.S. | Platte Purchase Bridge

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Overall view

the Firfax and Platte Purchase Bridges in 2007.

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Overview: Through truss bridge over the Missouri River on Northbound US 69 in Kansas City
Status: Open to northbound traffic
History: Built 1957; rehabilitated 1997
Design: Cantilevered through truss
Dimensions: Length of largest span: 474.6 ft.
Total length: 2,601.3 ft.
Deck width: 25.9 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 15.7 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude: +39.15833, -94.62333 (decimal degrees)
39°09'30" N, 94°37'24" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates: 15/359742/4335602 (zone/easting/northing)
Land survey: T. 50 N., R. 33 W., Sec. 8
USGS topographic map: North Kansas City
Inventory numbers: MONBI 300 (Missouri bridge number on the National Bridge Inventory)
BH 22345 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection
Average daily traffic (as of 2006): 11,000

Platte Purchase Bridge

Posted March 22, 2008, by Max

Yup, thats the Fairfax and Platte Purchase bridges.

Glad you got some shots as this site did not have any.

Platte Purchase Bridge

Posted March 18, 2008, by Wayne Kizziar (wayne1701 [at] cableone [dot] net)

Dan these two shots are beautiful.

Platte Purchase Bridge

Posted March 18, 2008, by Dan Compton (stlkcdc [at] yahoo [dot] com)

It's hard to get close enough to get good pictures. These are from March 08.