Chouteau Bridge
Chouteau Bridge | |
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Coordinates | 39°08′44″N 94°32′02″W / 39.14556°N 94.53389°W |
Carries | 4 lanes of ![]() |
Crosses | Missouri River |
Locale | Kansas City, Missouri |
Official name | Chouteau Bridge |
Maintained by | MoDOT |
ID number | 12102 |
Characteristics | |
Design | Girder |
History | |
Opened | 2002 |
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The Chouteau Bridge a four-lane girder bridge on Route 269 across the Missouri River between Jackson County, Missouri, and Clay County, Missouri. The bridge is named for François Chouteau, who was a member of the Chouteau fur trapping family and is considered the first permanent settler in what became Kansas City.
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Two successive bridges have carried the name Chouteau Bridge. The first bridge was a three-span Whipple truss bridge, built in 1887, and was the second bridge over the Missouri River in the Kansas City, Missouri, area. It was originally a railroad bridge built and used by the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad, also known as the Milwaukee Road. Upon the completion and opening of the Harry S. Truman Bridge downstream to the east, the Chouteau Bridge was converted to vehicular use in 1951. The bridge was very narrow, and in the latter years was often closed due to accidents, and due to low weight issues, when it was reduced to 3 tons, it was closed permanently, and removed by implosion in 2001.[clarification needed] It was the oldest bridge on the river when it was demolished.
In 2001, a new span was built a few yards upstream to the west of the old span. The north end of the bridge is near the entrance for the Harrah's Casino at the city of North Kansas City, Missouri.
See also
[edit]- List of bridges documented by the Historic American Engineering Record in Missouri
- List of crossings of the Missouri River
External links
[edit]- Bridgehunter profile
- Francois Chouteau Bridge (1887) at Structurae
- Francois Chouteau Bridge (2000) at Structurae
- Implosionworld profile
- Kansas City Public Library history
- Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) No. MO-93, "Francois Chouteau Bridge, Spanning Missouri River at Chouteau Traffic Way, Kansas City, Jackson County, MO", 46 photos, 3 measured drawings, 15 data pages, 4 photo caption pages
- Bridges in Kansas City, Missouri
- Bridges completed in 1887
- Bridges completed in 2002
- Bridges over the Missouri River
- Buildings and structures in Clay County, Missouri
- Buildings and structures in Jackson County, Missouri
- Historic American Engineering Record in Missouri
- Road bridges in Missouri
- 2002 establishments in Missouri
- Girder bridges in the United States