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7th Street Trafficway Bridge | |
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Coordinates | 39°04′31″N94°37′29″W / 39.0752°N 94.6247°W |
Carries | 4 lanes of US-169 (7th Street Trafficway) |
Crosses | Kansas River, BNSF Railway |
Locale | Kansas City, Kansas |
Official name | Herman G. Dillon Bridge |
Maintained by | KDOT |
Characteristics | |
Design | Deck Truss (northbound bridge), Girder (southbound bridge) |
History | |
Opened | 1932 (deck truss), 1970 (girder) |
Location | |
The 7th Street Trafficway Bridge is a one level deck truss bridge over the Kansas River and BNSF Railway tracks on 7th Street. It was built in 1932. [1] It connects the Armourdale district of Kansas City, Kansas, to the east end of the Argentine district of Kansas City, Kansas. In 1970, the bridge was resurfaced, repainted, and a new sister bridge was built. The new sister bridge is a two lane girder bridge that would now carry southbound lanes, making the deck truss bridge into a northbound bridge only.
It is also called the Herman G. Dillon Bridge, and it survived the 1951 flood.
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