Eudora Kaw River Bridge

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Eudora Kaw River Bridge
Coordinates 38°57′23″N95°05′47″W / 38.9564°N 95.0965°W / 38.9564; -95.0965 Coordinates: 38°57′23″N95°05′47″W / 38.9564°N 95.0965°W / 38.9564; -95.0965
Carries Two lanes of 222nd Street
Crosses Kansas River
Locale Linwood, Kansas
Maintained by Douglas Co. and Leavenworth Co.
Characteristics
Design Girder

The Eudora Kaw River Bridge is an automobile and pedestrian crossing of the Kansas River located just north of Eudora, Kansas. A girder bridge, it is the first bridge over the river for almost four miles, as the Highway 2 Bridge is far off to the east.

Kansas River river in northeastern Kansas, United States

The Kansas River, also known as the Kaw, is a river in northeastern Kansas in the United States. It is the southwestern-most part of the Missouri River drainage, which is in turn the northwestern-most portion of the extensive Mississippi River drainage. Its two names both come from the Kanza (Kaw) people who once inhabited the area; Kansas was one of the anglicizations of the French transcription Cansez of the original kką:ze. The city of Kansas City, Missouri, was named for the river, as was later the state of Kansas.

Eudora, Kansas City in Kansas, United States

Eudora is a city in Douglas County, Kansas, United States. The city is located along the Kansas and Wakarusa Rivers. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 6,136.

Highway 2 Bridge bridge in United States of America

The Highway 2 Bridge is an automobile and pedestrian crossing of the Kansas River on the border of Johnson and Leavenworth Counties in De Soto. The current bridge was built in 1964.

The bridge runs concurrent with Leavenworth County's County Road 1 and Douglas County's County Road 1061 and the city of Eudora is just south of the bridge.

The two lane bridge has a span of 1,360 feet [1] and was opened in 1965, built at a cost of $746,000. [2] [3] [4] [5] It was designed to be at least three feet higher than the levels reached in the Great Flood of 1951. [6]

Great Flood of 1951 July 1951 flooding of the Kansas River in the U.S. state of Kansas

In mid-July 1951, heavy rains led to a great rise of water in the Kansas River and other surrounding areas of the central United States. Flooding resulted in the Kansas, Neosho, Marais Des Cygnes, and Verdigris river basins. The damage in June and July 1951 exceeded $935 million in an area covering eastern Kansas and Missouri, which, adjusting for inflation, is nearly $8.52 billion in 2016. The flood resulted in the loss of 17 lives and displaced 518,000 people.

Its predecessor bridge was damaged by ice in 1935 and reopened in 1937, [7] then damaged beyond use by ice in January 1962. [8]

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References

  1. (17 July 2009). Crews to Work on Deck of Kansas River Bridge North of Eudora, Lawrence Journal-World
  2. (17 November 1966). Award Given for Eudora Bridge, Lawrence Journal-World
  3. (26 October 1965). Bridge at Eudora Will Be Dedicated Officially Sunday, Lawrence Journal-World
  4. (21 November 1997). County Honored for Bridge Project, Lawrence Journal-World
  5. (16 November 1993). Kaw River Bridge North of Eudora Needs Work, Lawrence Journal-World
  6. (28 May 1963). Plans are Started for Eudora Span in 2-year Project, Lawrence Journal-World
  7. (17 July 1937). Bridge Opening A Big Eudora Event, Lawrence Journal-World
  8. (15 February 1963). Joy in Eudora, Lawrence Journal-World