General Information
| Completion: | 13 August 1954 |
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| Status: | demolished (1 July 2011) |
Project Type
| Structure: |
Self-anchored suspension bridge |
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| Function / usage: |
Motorway bridge / freeway bridge |
| Material: |
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| Secondary structure(s): |
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Awards and Distinctions
| 1954 |
award winner
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Location
| Location: |
Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri, USA |
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| Crosses: |
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| Replaced by: |
Christopher S. Bond Bridge (2010)
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| Coordinates: | 39° 7' 21" N 94° 33' 56.99" W |
Technical Information
Dimensions
| main span | 187.76 m |
Cost
| cost of construction | United States dollar 5 170 000 |
Materials
| deck |
steel
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| piers |
reinforced concrete
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| pylons |
steel
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Chronology
| 29 November 2010 | Traffic is moved to the Christopher S. Bond Bridge and the Paseo Bridge is closed. Demolition works begin the following month. |
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Excerpt from Wikipedia
The Paseo Bridge was a suspension bridge over the Missouri River in Kansas City, Missouri. Before being replaced by the Christopher S. Bond Bridge, it carried Interstates 29 and 35 and U.S. Route 71 over the river. It was named for The Paseo, a boulevard that connected with the bridge to the south, and continues to do so with the Bond Bridge.
History
The bridge was built in 1954 and was rehabilitated in 1984 and 2005. According to the Missouri Department of Transportation, the bridge handled 95,000 vehicles a day before its retirement, making it the most used bridge in Kansas City. The Paseo Bridge also served as the main connection between Kansas City and the Northland (the area of Kansas City north of the Missouri River). At the time it was built, it was the longest self anchored suspension bridge ever constructed worldwide and one of a small number of such bridges.
MoDOT replaced the bridge in 2010 with the Christopher S. Bond Bridge. Construction of the new cable-stayed bridge began in April 2008 and was completed several months ahead of schedule. The Paseo Bridge was open to traffic during the construction, gradually shifting the flow onto the new Bond Bridge until all lanes of the new bridge were open. Vehicle traffic across the Paseo Bridge ceased on November 19, 2010, and demolition work on the bridge began shortly thereafter.
Text imported from Wikipedia article "Paseo Bridge" and modified on March 30, 2021 according to the CC-BY-SA 4.0 International license.
Participants
Relevant Web Sites
Relevant Publications
- Beauty pageant. In: Bridge Design & Engineering, v. 10, n. 36 (3rd Quarter 2004), pp. 13.
- About this
data sheet - Structure-ID
20014837 - Published on:
23/12/2004 - Last updated on:
06/04/2021
