Bridge Name: | Kansas Avenue Bridge (West) |
Carries: | 4 lanes of (Kansas Avenue) |
Crosses: | Kansas River |
Locale: | Kansas City, Kansas |
Open: | 1916 (first bridge) 1988 (second and current bridge) |
Design: | Thru-Truss (first bridge) Multi-beam girder (second and current bridge) |
Maint: | KDOT |
Coordinates: | 39.0874°N -94.6593°W |
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.