East Twenty-third Street Viaduct, Spanning Big Blue River at Manchester Trafficway, Kansas City, Jackson County, MO

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14 b&w photos
25 data pages
1 photo caption pages

TITLE:
East Twenty-third Street Viaduct, Spanning Big Blue River at Manchester Trafficway, Kansas City, Jackson County, MO

CALL NUMBER:
HAER MO-102

REPRODUCTION NUMBER:
[See Call Number]

MEDIUM:
Photo(s): 14 (5 x 7)
Data Page(s): 24 plus cover page
Photo Caption Page(s): 1

DATE:
Documentation compiled after 1968.

CREATOR:
Historic American Engineering Record, creator

NOTE:
Survey number HAER MO-102

Building/structure dates: 1936 initial construction

Significance: The 23rd Street Viaduct is significant in the areas of Politics/Government and Community Planning and Development. The steel girder structure is an existing example of the 1935 civic improvement plan which allowed a direct link between eastern Kansas City and Independence, Missouri. The viaduct also demonstrates the use of Work Projects Administration (WPA) workers directed by city employees in partnership with the bridge contractors to construct this massive, 1,632-foot bridge. Furthermore, it prompted additional development of the Blue River Valley for industrial use. Today the viaduct is distinguished as one of the longest span steel girder bridges in Missouri.

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.mo1840

CONTROL #:
MO1840

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