This historic through truss bridge was spared demolition and reused at the Kansas City Union Station

Downtown Kansas City, Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri

Owner: City of Kansas City (Missouri)

Status: Open to Pedestrian Traffic

Built 2006 using spans fabricated 1892

by

Pencoyd Bridge & Construction Company of Pencoyd, Pennsylvania

for

Kansas City Suburban Belt Railroad

Design:
1-140', 1-100' Pratt through truss

Description:
Pratt through truss bridge over Kansas City Terminal Railway

Significance:

This recycled turntable crosses Fire Prairie Creek east of Independence

Independence, Jackson County, Missouri

Owner: Jackson County

Status: Abandoned

Built 1957 using a recycled turntable fabricated c. 1905

by

Unknown

for

Missouri Pacific Railroad

Design:
75' recycled turntable deck girder and trestle

Description:
Deck plate girder bridge over Fire Prairie Creek

Significance:

This large through truss swing bridge crosses the Missouri River downstream of the Broadway Bridge

Downtown Kansas City, Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri to North Kansas City, Clay county, Missouri

Owner: BNSF Railway

Status: In Use

Built 1917

by

American Bridge Company of New York and Union Bridge & Contracting Company of Kansas City, Missouri

for

Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad

Design:
450' through truss swing span, 2-330' Baltimore through trusses and through plate girder

Description:
Through truss swing bridge over Missouri River

Significance:

This through plate girder bridge crosses Noland Road south of US Highway 40

Southeast Kansas City, Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri

Owner: Union Pacific Railroad

Status: In Use

Built 1946

by

Unknown

for

Missouri Pacific Railroad

Design:
82' and 30' through plate girders and 4-19' concrete slab

Description:
Through plate girder bridge over Noland Road

Significance:

This large deck plate girder viaduct crosses 63rd Street Trafficway on the south side of Kansas City

Southwest Kansas City, Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri

Owner: Canadian Pacific Kansas City Limited

Status: In Use

Built 1928

by

Unknown and List Construction Company of Kansas City, Missouri

for

Kansas City Southern Railway

Design:
17 span deck plate girder viaduct

Description:
Deck plate girder viaduct over 63rd Street Trafficway and unnamed creek

Significance:

This massive Pennsylvania through truss bridge carries the BNSF mainline across the Missouri River at Sibley

Sibley, Jackson County, Missouri to Orrick, Ray County, Missouri

Owner: BNSF Railway

Status: In Use

Built 1915

by

American Bridge Company of New York and Missouri Valley Bridge & Iron Company of Leavenworth, Kansas

for

Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway

Design:
3-396' Pennsylvania through trusses, Pratt deck truss and deck plate girder viaduct

Description:
Massive Pennsylvania through truss bridge over Missouri River

Significance:

This closed spandrel concrete arch bridge crosses Wildcat Hollow Drive (67th Street) east of Interstate 435

Southwest Kansas City, Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri

Owner: Canadian Pacific Kansas City Limited

Status: In Use

Built 1928

by

List Construction Company of Kansas City, Missouri

for

Kansas City Southern Railway

Design:
2-70' closed spandrel concrete arches

Description:
Concrete arch bridge over Wildcat Hollow Drive (67th Street)

Significance:

This large concrete arch bridge crosses Blue Parkway west of Interstate 435

Southwest Kansas City, Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri

Owner: Canadian Pacific Kansas City Limited

Status: In Use

Built 1928

by

List Construction Company of Kansas City, Missouri

for

Kansas City Southern Railway

Design:
Open spandrel concrete arch viaduct

Description:
Open spandrel concrete arch bridge over Blue Parkway

Significance:

This unusual telescoping through truss lift bridge once carried two decks of traffic across the Missouri River

Downtown Kansas City, Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri to North Kansas City, Clay county, Missouri

Owner: BNSF Railway

Status: In Use

Built 1911

by

McClintic-Marshall Corportation of Chicago, Illinois and James O'Connor & Son of Kansas City, Missouri

for

Union Bridge & Terminal Railroad

Design:
428' telescoping Baltimore through truss and 2-428' Baltimore through trusses

Description:
Telescoping through truss lift bridge over Missouri River

Significance:

This concrete arch bridge carries the Rock Island Trail over Frost Road on the southeast side of Kansas City

Southeast Kansas City, Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri

Owner: Jackson County

Status: Open to Pedestrian Traffic

Built 1903

by

Stubbs-Flick-Johnson Construction Company of Kansas City, Missouri

for

Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway

Design:
16' concrete arch

Description:
Concrete arch bridge over Frost Road

Significance: