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Overview

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Main span

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East side

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Deck view

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South approach

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South end

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North approach

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Underneath main span

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Underneath approach

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Skewed pier

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Timber piles

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Cantilevered sidewalk from below

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Overview
Wooden trestle bridge over the dismantled Rock Island Railroad on Raytown Road in Raytown
Location
Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri
Status
Open to one-lane northbound traffic
History
Built 1920; reduced to one-way traffic in 2004; rehabilitated 2005
Design
Steel stringer with wooden piers
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 34.1 ft.
Total length: 195.8 ft.
Deck width: 21.3 ft.
Recognition
Eligible for the National Register of Historic Places
Approximate latitude, longitude
+39.00614, -94.46388   (decimal degrees)
39°00'22" N, 94°27'50" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
15/373247/4318476 (zone/easting/northing)
Land survey
T. 48 N., R. 32 W., Sec. 5
USGS topographic map
Independence
Inventory numbers
MO 048-361500.5 (Missouri off-system bridge number)
MONBI 22555 (Missouri bridge number on the National Bridge Inventory)
BH 21710 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 02/2007)
Deck condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 74.1 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2007)
9,650

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Beam (1,816)
Built 1920 (524)
Built during 1920s (4,729)
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad (23)
Jackson County, Missouri (67)
Kansas City, Missouri (52)
Missouri (2,513)
NR-eligible (2,577)
Open (21,979)
Owned by city (1,996)
Railroad overpass (48)
Span length 25-50 feet (6,208)
Steel stringer (457)
Structurally deficient (12,027)
Total length 175-250 feet (1,855)
Wooden railroad overpass (11)

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