18th Street Expressway Bridge
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The 18th Street Expressway Bridge is a one level deck truss, four lane crossing of the Kansas River
in Kansas City, Kansas
.
It was built in 1959, to replace the Argentine Bridge
to the west.
It also rises above the BNSF railroad tracks.
It was damaged in 2000, after a BNSF train derailed and destroyed one of the piers, which caused the south approach span to buckle, and disabled it for several months while it was being repaired.
The bridge has no significant shoulder (breakdown lane) and no pedestrian walkway.
Kansas River
The Kansas River is a river in northeastern Kansas in the United States. It is the southwestern-most part of the Missouri River drainage, which is in turn the northwestern-most portion of the extensive Mississippi River drainage. Its name come from the Kanza people who once inhabited the area...
in Kansas City, Kansas
Kansas City, Kansas
Kansas City is the third-largest city in the state of Kansas and is the county seat of Wyandotte County. It is a suburb of Kansas City, Missouri, and is the third largest city in the Kansas City Metropolitan Area. The city is part of a consolidated city-county government known as the "Unified...
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It was built in 1959, to replace the Argentine Bridge
Argentine Bridge
The Argentine Bridge was a one lane, thru-truss bridge over the Kansas River in Kansas City, Kansas.It was built in 1908, and removed in 1959, after the 18th Street Expressway Bridge was built to the east of it....
to the west.
It also rises above the BNSF railroad tracks.
It was damaged in 2000, after a BNSF train derailed and destroyed one of the piers, which caused the south approach span to buckle, and disabled it for several months while it was being repaired.
The bridge has no significant shoulder (breakdown lane) and no pedestrian walkway.