Willard Bridge

Willard Bridge
Willard Bridge
Coordinates	39°05′55″N95°56′48″W / 39.0987°N 95.9468°W Coordinates: 39°05′55″N95°56′48″W / 39.0987°N 95.9468°W
Carries	2 lanes of Carlson Road
Crosses	Kansas River
Locale	Willard, Kansas
Characteristics
Design	Old: Warren deck truss; New: Continuous spans
History
Opened	Old: 1955 New: 2017

Last updated May 05, 2019

The Willard Bridge is an automobile crossing of the Kansas River at Willard, Kansas. The bridge was constructed by Frisbie Bridge Company of Topeka, Kansas, and opened in 1955 and rehabilitated in 1983. The bridge was demolished in October 2017 and rebuilt in August 2017.^[1]

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.

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The bridge connects nearby Rossville with Interstate 70. The bridge runs from West 1st Street in Willard to just over the Kansas River.

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References

↑ Ranker, Luke (August 27, 2017). "Rossville residents ready for Willard Bridge over Kansas River to reopen". The Topeka Capital-Journal. Retrieved December 31, 2017.

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[1] Ranker, Luke (August 27, 2017). "Rossville residents ready for Willard Bridge over Kansas River to reopen". The Topeka Capital-Journal. Retrieved December 31, 2017.