Central Avenue Bridge - Kansas City
The double deck section of the Central Avenue Bridge from the west banks of the Kansas River in Kansas City, KS. 10/31/16
The Central Avenue Bridge spans the Kansas River between Central Avenue at the Riverview neighborhood and James Street in the Central Industrial District in Kansas City, Kansas. Measuring 3,450 feet in length, the two-level deck truss bridge was built in 1918. The upper roadway is a four lane concrete deck while the lower roadway is a 22 foot wide steel deck.1
Extensive deterioration of the Central Avenue Bridge bottom truss members was discovered during an evaluation of the span by a firm contracted by the Unified Government (UG). The Wyandotte County Engineer ordered the immediate closure of the bridge on February 1, 2021 for further analysis and do the potential failure of the span.2
Central Avenue - East
Central Avenue east lowers into a parclo interchange with I-70/U.S. 24-40-169 ahead of the Central Avenue Bridge.
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I-70-U.S. 24-40-169 overlap north from S 7th Street at Riverview to the Lewis and Clark Viaduct leading southeast from outside Downtown Kansas City.
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A flyover connects the Central Avenue Bridge eastbound with parallel Interstate 670 east to Downtown Kansas City, Missouri.
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The elevated roadway spans the Union Pacific Railroad Cypress Yard.
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A second flyover links I-670 west with Central Avenue west.
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Curving slightly to the northeast, the Central Avenue Bridge crosses the Kansas River.
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Interstate 670 and two Union Pacific Railroad lines span the Kansas River to the southeast of the Central Avenue Bridge.
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Curving southeast over 1st Street, the Central Avenue Bridge descends onto S James Street.
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A viaduct spanning the Union Pacific State Line Yard links S James Street and the Central Avenue Bridge with W 12th Street in the West Bottoms industrial area in Kansas City, Missouri.
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Entering Missouri, the James Street viaduct curves east onto W 12th Street, which runs east to the Twelfth Street Viaduct linking the West Bottoms with Downtown Kansas City.
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W 12th Street intersects Genessee Street south to the adjacent split diamond interchange with Interstate 670.
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Central Avenue - West
A viaduct takes Forester Road over Union Pacific Railroad lines northeast of St. Louis Avenue and Mulberry Street in the West Bottoms area.
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Forester Road stems west from Beardsley Road to W 9th Street.
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W 9th Street overtakes Forester Road west beyond Hickory Street.
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W 9th Street at Liberty Street, three blocks from the Kansas state line.
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W 9th Street becomes Central Avenue into Kansas City, Kansas at State Line Road.
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Central Avenue west at James Street. James Street branches northwest from the Central Avenue Bridge to Strawberry Hill and Downtown Kansas City.
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W 12th Street continues onto the James Street viaduct leading north from the West Bottoms area in Kansas City, Missouri to the Central Industrial Drive in Kansas City, Kansas.
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Central Avenue advances west from James Street to the Central Avenue Bridge lower level.
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The Central Avenue Bridge curves west from S James Street over Central Avenue at 1st Street.
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The Central Avenue Bridge lower deck ascends from Central Avenue west of 2nd Street.
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The lower deck of the Central Avenue Bridge ties into 3rd Street.
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The lower level of the Central Avenue Bridge ties into 3rd Street and a ramp to the bridge upper level.
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Connecting I-670 west with Central Avenue at I-70, a high flyover spans both the 3rd Street ramp and the Central Avenue Bridge.
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A second flyover links Central Avenue east with Interstate 670 east to the south of 3rd Street.
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The 3rd Street ramp intersects the Central Avenue Bridge between the UP Cypress Yard and Kansas River.
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The Central Avenue Bridge east of the 3rd Street ramp.
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The Central Avenue Bridge upper roadway spans the Union Pacific Railroad Cypress Yard to a parclo interchange with I-70/U.S. 24-40-169.
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References:
- Central Avenue Bridge. Bridgehunter.com.
- "Central Avenue Bridge closed." Wyandotte Daily (Kansas City, KS), February 2, 2021.
Photo Credits:
- Alex Nitzman, JP Nasiatka: 10/31/16
- Alex Nitzman, Richie Kennedy: 10/30/16
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Page Updated Tuesday October 26, 2021.