Historic Bridges of the U.S. | Platte Purchase Bridge

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Overall view

the Firfax and Platte Purchase Bridges in 2007.

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Overview: Through truss bridge over the Missouri River on Northbound US 69 in Kansas City
Status: Open to northbound traffic
History: Built 1957; rehabilitated 1997
Design: Cantilevered through truss
Dimensions: Length of largest span: 474.6 ft.
Total length: 2,601.3 ft.
Deck width: 25.9 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 15.7 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 300 (Missouri bridge number on the National Bridge Inventory)
BH 22345 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 01/2006): Deck condition rating: Very Good (8 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Appraisal: Structurally deficient
Sufficiency rating: 42.3 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2006): 7,497

Platte Purchase Bridge

Posted October 1, 2008, by Randy Brush

Thank you for photo. Toll booth was removed about summer 2000. Now it is free bridges. I went to Platte Purchase Bridges. THANK YOU.

Platte Purchase Bridge

Posted March 22, 2008, by Max

Yup, thats the Fairfax and Platte Purchase bridges.

Glad you got some shots as this site did not have any.

Platte Purchase Bridge

Posted March 18, 2008, by Wayne Kizziar (wayne1701 [at] cableone [dot] net)

Dan these two shots are beautiful.

Platte Purchase Bridge

Posted March 18, 2008, by Dan Compton (stlkcdc [at] yahoo [dot] com)

It's hard to get close enough to get good pictures. These are from March 08.