A high flyover connects I-35 north with I-70/U.S. 24-40-169 westbound along the Lewis and Clark Viaduct linking the West Bottoms area of Kansas City, Missouri with Downtown Kansas City, Kansas. 10/07/21
Finishing up with updates from our recent roadtrip to the Midwest/Great Plains. The morning of October 7, 2021, we did a loop around Kansas City covering a few things that have changed since the last photos shot for the site back in 2016. Also caught a story on the local news that morning regarding the replacement of the John Jordan “Buck” O’Neil Memorial Bridge taking U.S. 169 across the Missouri River north of Downtown Kansas City. The three arch span is at the end of its lifespan and a $220 million project got underway in July 2021 to replace it with a plate girder bridge. Construction on the new crossing is anticipated for completion in December 2024.
The Central Alternative was selected as the Preferred Alternative. It includes new flyover ramps directly linking I-35 north with U.S. 169 north and U.S. 169 south with I-35 south. Flyovers will also be built between the new span and Broadway over 3rd Street. A multi use path is incorporated into the design of the northbound span.
Site updates:
- Interstate 70 West – Kansas City, Missouri – replaced four photos from I-35 to the Kansas state line (10/07/21).
- Interstate 70 West – Kansas City, Kansas – added/replaced eight photos from the Missouri state line to Exit 422D for Central Avenue. This stretch includes the rebuilt Lewis and Clark Viaduct, which reopened to traffic on January 23, 2021 after three years of closure. Also added or replaced seven photos west from N 78th Street to I-435 from 10/06/21.
- Central Avenue Bridge – Kansas City, Kansas – created page on the bridge and viaduct system crossing the Kansas River with photographs from 10/31/16.
- Interstate 670 Kansas City – added photos of I-670 from the Riverfront Heritage Trail pedestrian overpass, Central Avenue east at the flyover to I-670, and along the mainline freeway eastbound. (10/07/21).
- Interstate 70 East – Kansas City, Missouri – replaced photos from I-670/U.S. 71 east to Interstate 435 (10/07/21).
Built in 1918, the Central Avenue Bridge spanning the Kansas River in Kansas City, Kansas is a two-deck truss bridge. The bridge closed to traffic on February 1, 2021 due to extensive deterioration of supporting truss members. 10/31/16
10/22/21 Updates:
- Twelfth Street Viaduct – Kansas City – created page on the historic arch bridge linking the West Bottoms with Downtown.
- Highway D – Kansas City – created page covering the route linking I-29 and I-435 with Kansas City International Airport (MCI).
- U.S. 169 South – Kansas City – added photos along Broadway Boulevard south from U.S. 169 through Downtown Kansas City.
- Interstate 49 North – Louisiana to Texarkana, Arkansas – updated northbound coverage from the Louisiana state line to AR 151 with photos from 10/03/21.
- Interstate 49 South – Texarkana, Arkansas to Louisiana – added/replaced photos southbound from U.S. 59/71 north of Texarkana to the Louisiana line (10/08/21).
- Interstate 49 South – Missouri to Springdale, Arkansas – created page with photos from 10/07/21.
- Interstate 49 South – Springdale to West Fork, Arkansas – created page with photos from 10/07/21.
- Arkansas Highway 151 – replaced four photos westbound (10/03/21).
