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General Information

Completion: 1 January 1945
Status: in use

Project Type

Awards and Distinctions

1945 award winner  

Location

Location: , ,
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Crosses:
  • Missouri River
Coordinates: 39° 8' 40.74" N    94° 29' 4.53" W
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Technical Information

Dimensions

total length 772.97 m
length of movable section 128.02 m

Cost

cost of construction United States dollar 2 234 000

Materials

truss steel

Excerpt from Wikipedia

The Harry S Truman Bridge is a vertical lift rail drawbridge over the Missouri River connecting Jackson County, Missouri with Clay County, Missouri in Kansas City, Missouri. It has a 427 foot main span, and is the tenth longest span in the United States.

The bridge was named on May 23, 1945, for Jackson County native Harry S. Truman who had just become President. It was built by the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad ("Milwaukee Road") and Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad ("Rock Island Line") and connected to the Kansas City Terminal Railway network through Kansas City.

It is now used by the freight trains of the Canadian Pacific and Union Pacific Railroad to cross the Missouri River.

Text imported from Wikipedia article "Harry S. Truman Bridge" and modified on 23 July 2019 under the CC-BY-SA 3.0 license.

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  • About this
    data sheet
  • Structure-ID
    20029629
  • Published on:
    31/07/2007
  • Last updated on:
    29/03/2021
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