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St. Louis Avenue Viaduct, Spanning Kansas City Terminal Railroad at Beardsley Road & Bluff Street, Kansas City, Jackson County, MO

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Significance: The St. Louis Avenue Viaduct is the oldest of only nine known extant skewed Pratt truss bridges, a rather uncommon bridge form, in Missouri. Furthermore, its fifty-foot width is unusual for a bridge dating from that era.

Survey number: HAER MO-95

Building/structure dates: 1914-1915 Initial Construction

Building/structure dates: 1955-1956 Subsequent Work

Building/structure dates: 1996 Demolished

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pedestrian bridges vehicular bridges kansas city mo viaduct louis avenue viaduct terminal railroad kansas city terminal railroad beardsley beardsley road bluff bluff street kansas city jackson county st louis saint louis missouri mississippi river american bridge company rachel franklin weekley john w gutowski historic american engineering record cydney e millstein strobel steel construction company charles louis strobel george e tebbetts photo ultra high resolution high resolution railroads library of congress railway photo archive
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Date

1969 - 1980
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Contributors

Historic American Engineering Record, creator
Tebbetts, George E
American Bridge Company
Strobel, Charles Louis
Strobel Steel Construction Company
Franklin-Weekley, Rachel, transmitter
Gutowski, John W, photographer
Millstein, Cydney E, historian
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Location

Kansas City (Mo.) ,  39.10253, -94.59475
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Library of Congress
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http://www.loc.gov/
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No known restrictions on images made by the U.S. Government; images copied from other sources may be restricted. http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/114_habs.html

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pedestrian bridges vehicular bridges kansas city mo viaduct louis avenue viaduct terminal railroad kansas city terminal railroad beardsley beardsley road bluff bluff street kansas city jackson county st louis saint louis missouri mississippi river american bridge company rachel franklin weekley john w gutowski historic american engineering record cydney e millstein strobel steel construction company charles louis strobel george e tebbetts photo ultra high resolution high resolution railroads library of congress railway photo archive