Platte Purchase Bridge

Platte Purchase Bridge
Coordinates 39°09′24″N 94°37′24″W / 39.1567°N 94.6233°W / 39.1567; -94.6233Coordinates: 39°09′24″N 94°37′24″W / 39.1567°N 94.6233°W / 39.1567; -94.6233
Carries Two lanes of northbound US 69
Crosses Missouri River
Locale Kansas City, Kansas to Platte County, Missouri
Maintained by MoDOT
Characteristics
Design Continuous truss bridge
Total length 2,552.19 feet (777.91 m)
Width 28.31 feet (8.63 m)
Longest span 465.96 feet (142.02 m)
Clearance above 15.02 feet (4.58 m)
History
Opened 1957
Closed Late 2016

The Platte Purchase Bridge was a continuous truss bridge over the Missouri River that handled northbound U.S. Route 69, connecting the Seventh Street Trafficway in Fairfax, Kansas with Interstate 635 (Kansas–Missouri) in Riverside, Missouri. Its biggest span was 465.96 feet and it is 2552.19 feet long and had a deck width of 28.31 feet and vertical clearance of 15.02 feet. The bridge was named for the Platte Purchase.

Platte Purchase and Fairfax Bridges from the north
Platte Purchase Bridge interior

History

The bridge was opened in 1957 to alleviate traffic concerns on the older Fairfax Bridge. The Platte Purchase Bridge carries northbound traffic, while the older span carries southbound traffic.

In 2013 plans were announced for replacement of both the Platte Purchase Bridge and the Fairfax Bridge. When the latter closed on October 31, 2014, the Platte Purchase span was restriped to handle two-way traffic.[1] The Platte Purchase bridge was set for demolition in late 2016 when the new bridge opened.[2] The first detonation occurred on the morning of Friday, December 9, 2016, and the rest of the bridge was demolished on Thursday, January 12, 2017.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Traffic to be shifted for replacement of Fairfax, Platte Purchase bridges". kansascity.com.
  2. ↑ U.S. 69 will be shut down Friday for demolition of the Fairfax Bridge; The Kansas City Star; January 15, 2015.
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