Photo 

Overall view

The Fairfax and Platte Purchase Bridges in 2007

Map 

Vicinity Map

Vicinity map

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Facts 

Overview
Through truss bridge over the Missouri River on Southbound US 69 in Kansas City
Status
Open to southbound traffic
History
Built 1935; rehabilitated 1979
Design
Cantilevered through truss
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 474.0 ft.
Total length: 2,594.4 ft.
Deck width: 20.0 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 16.2 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 5821 (Missouri bridge number on the National Bridge Inventory)
BH 22346 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 02/2006)
Deck condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Appraisal: Functionally obsolete
Sufficiency rating: 49.9 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2006)
7,780

Update Log 

  • April 30, 2008: New photo from Max Johnson
  • February 28, 2008: Updated by Robert Elder: Edited "Design"

Comments 

Fairfax Bridge
Posted March 15, 2008, by Mark Frazier (mfrazier [at] kc [dot] rr [dot] com)

Press photo from May 2, 1939. Men searching for a man associated with the Pendergast organiztion who they believed committed suicide by jumping from the bridge when faced with Federal income tax evasion charges.

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