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Kansas Avenue Bridge (West)
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The Kansas Avenue Bridge (West) is a four lane, multi-beam girder bridge crossing the Kansas River
, and a small company on the east side.
It was first built in 1916 as a 9 span thru-truss, but later in 1988 destroyed, and replaced with the current multi-beam girder bridge.
It is just west of the 18th Street Expressway Bridge
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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...
, and a small company on the east side.
It was first built in 1916 as a 9 span thru-truss, but later in 1988 destroyed, and replaced with the current multi-beam girder bridge.
It is just west of the 18th Street Expressway Bridge
18th Street Expressway Bridge
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....
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