St. Louis Avenue Viaduct, Spanning Kansas City Terminal Railroad at Beardsle, Kansas City, Jackson County, MO

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8 b&w photos
16 data pages
1 photo caption pages

TITLE:
St. Louis Avenue Viaduct, Spanning Kansas City Terminal Railroad at Beardsle, Kansas City, Jackson County, MO

CALL NUMBER:
HAER MO-95

REPRODUCTION NUMBER:
[See Call Number]

MEDIUM:
Photo(s): 8 (5 x 7)
Data Page(s): 15 plus cover page
Photo Caption Page(s): 1

DATE:
Documentation compiled after 1968.

CREATOR:
Historic American Engineering Record, creator

NOTE:
Survey number HAER MO-95

Building/structure dates: 1914 initial construction

Building/structure dates: 1955 subsequent work

Building/structure dates: 1996 demolished

Significance: The St. Louis Avenue Viaduct is the oldest of only nine known extant skewed Pratt truss bridges, a rather uncommon bridge form, in Missouri. Furthermore, its fifty-foot width is unusual for a bridge dating from that era.

SUBJECTS:
MISSOURI--Jackson County--Kansas City

COLLECTION:
Historic American Engineering Record (Library of Congress)

REPOSITORY:
Library of Congress, Prints and Photograph Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA

DIGID:
http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/hhh.mo1811

CONTROL #:
MO1811

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