Highway 2 Bridge
| Highway 2 Bridge |
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| Carries |
2 lanes of South Wyandotte Street and 1 sidewalk |
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| Crosses |
Kansas River, BNSF Railway Line & Beecroft Lane |
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| Locale |
De Soto, Kansas |
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| Maintained by |
City of DeSoto |
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| Characteristics |
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| Design |
Girder |
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| History |
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| Opened |
1912-1949 |
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The Highway 2 Bridge is an automobile and pedestrian crossing of the Kansas River on the border of Johnson and Leavenworth Counties in De Soto. It was built in 1912 and was demolished for a new bridge in 1949. It was used to connect Lawrence to Kansas City in the Late 19th Century and the early 20th Century. It is now used as an alternate route for K-7. The bridge was K-2 and was decommissioned by KDOT in 1989, when K-7 was built replacing the route of K-2.
Bridge Names & Designations
The bridge had very many names throughout the 20th Century.
- 1918-1943: Highway Terrace;
- 1936-1968: Leavenworth Lane;
- 1941-Present: Leavenworth County Road 2 (Co Rd-2);
- 1969-1989: Kansas Highway 2;
- 1984-Present: S Wyandotte Street;
- 1990-Present: 166th Street.
