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{{Infobox Bridge |
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|bridge_name=Intercity/Lewis and Clark Viaduct |
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|image=Quality-i70.jpg |
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|caption=Intercity and original Lewis and Clark Viaducts. |
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Intercity Viaduct is left, since replaced Lewis and Clark Viaduct is right. |
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|official_name=Lewis and Clark Viaduct |
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|carries=7 lanes of {{jct|country=USA|I|70|US|24|US|40|US|169}} (3 westbound, 4 eastbound); bike/pedestrian path |
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|crosses=[[Kansas River]] |
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|locale=[[Kansas City, Kansas]]–[[Kansas City, Missouri]] |
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|maint=[[Kansas Department of Transportation|KDOT]] and [[Missouri Department of Transportation|MoDOT]] |
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|design=[[Truss bridge|Deck truss]] |
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|mainspan={{convert|1151.1|m|ft|disp=flip|abbr=on}} |
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|width={{convert|15.8|m|ft|disp=flip|abbr=on}} |
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|clearance={{convert|8.8|m|ft|disp=flip|abbr=on}} |
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|below= |
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|traffic=23,500 |
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|open={{start date|1907}} (eastbound)<br>1930 (lower deck)<br>1962 (original westbound)<br>2021 (replacement westbound) |
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|toll= |
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|coordinates={{coord|39.1133|-94.6149|type:landmark_region:US|display=inline,title}} |
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The '''Intercity Viaduct''' and '''Lewis and Clark Viaduct''' are a pair of automobile [[Viaduct]]s and a single pedestrian crossing of the [[Kansas River]] in the United States. Designed by Waddell and Hedrick, this eastbound [[deck truss bridge]] opened to the public on January 29, 1907.<ref>{{Cite news|date=1907-12-20|title=Answers|page=6B|work=The Kansas City Star|url=https://infoweb.newsbank.com/apps/news/openurl?ctx_ver=z39.88-2004&rft_id=info%3Asid/infoweb.newsbank.com&svc_dat=WORLDNEWS&req_dat=0E5495A923143B2A&rft_val_format=info%3Aofi/fmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Actx&rft_dat=document_id%3Aimage%252Fv2%253A1126152C152E4978%2540EANX-NB-16BAEE98F713C6B6%25402417930-16BACEEF8E51B73F%254019-16BACEEF8E51B73F%2540/hlterms%3A%2522leavenworth%2522%2520AND%2520%2522troops%2522%2520AND%2520%2522intercity%2520viaduct%2522|access-date=2021-12-28}}</ref> It rises above the [[West Bottoms]], and several sets of [[railroad tracks]]. It was the first roadway bridge to connect [[Kansas City, Missouri]], with [[Kansas City, Kansas]], non-stop all the way across. It is about {{convert|1.5|mi|km}} long and carries eastbound traffic for [[Interstate 70]] (I-70)/[[U.S. Route 24]] (US 24)/[[U.S. Route 40|US 40]]/[[U.S. Route 169|US 169]], while the second bridge, the Lewis and Clark Viaduct, built in 1962, carries westbound traffic. |
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The eastbound lanes were built as the Intercity Viaduct, carrying both east and west lanes, but renamed the Lewis and Clark Viaduct on January 25, 1969, taking the name of its sister bridge that would now carry the westbound lanes, built in 1962 to the north. |
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==History== |
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[[Image:IntercityViaduct1908.jpg|thumb|The Intercity Viaduct in 1908, streetcar tracks in view at right. Lewis and Clark Viaduct not yet built]] |
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Designed by the engineering firm Waddell and Hedrick in 1903, the viaduct followed a flood that same year that wiped out all but one of the 17 bridges that spanned the Kaw River.<ref name="library">{{cite news |url= http://www.kckpl.lib.ks.us/kscoll/lochist/thennow/TN47.htm |title= Intercity bridge spans two states |work= Kansas City Kansan |date= March 2, 1986 |via= Kansas City Public Library |accessdate= June 23, 2010 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20070813211845/http://www.kckpl.lib.ks.us/kscoll/lochist/thennow/TN47.htm |archive-date= August 13, 2007 |url-status= dead }}</ref> Ground was broken to mark the building of the bridge in 1905.<ref name="library"/> |
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In 1907, the Bridge opened to two lanes of toll traffic, with [[streetcar]] tracks. |
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In 1908, only one year after opening, the Bridge survived a flood. |
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In 1911, the Bank abruptly foreclosed the bridge as the tolls did not cover the bridge's cost. |
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After 6 year of disuse, Kansas City, Kansas, and Kansas City, Missouri co purchased the viaduct in 1917. In 1918, a ribbon cutting ceremony held to open the bridge to free traffic under city control and ownership, the toll booths were then removed form the bridge. |
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In 1930, a new lower level was constructed with two lanes, one in each direction. |
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In 1936, the Streetcar rails, hangars, and tracks were removed, and the upper level was widened, adding up to a total of six lanes. |
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In 1951, the bridge survived the [[Great Flood of 1951|1951 Kansas City flood]], the only bridge to remain open to traffic during the flood. |
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In 1962, The Lewis and Clark Viaduct was constructed to the north. It was of a taller height and could accommodates amore modern vehicle width's adequately. |
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In November 1962, the eastbound span was extensively renovated, as all of its old steel piers were tubed off, and it was coated with concrete. Around this time [[Interstate 70|I-70]] was routed over the eastbound bridge as well, and part of the viaduct was demolished to allow the construction of new on-ramps. It would form then onward carry eastbound traffic only. |
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In 1969, the eastbound Bridge was officially renamed the Lewis and Clark Viaduct after its newer sister bridge. |
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In 1984, the westbound bridge was rehabilitated. |
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In 1993, the Bridges survived the [[Great Flood of 1993|Great Kansas City flood of 1993]]. |
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In 2000, a projected to covert the outdated disused 1930 Lower level of the eastbound bridge into a pedestrian walkway was completed. |
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On January 29, 2007, the eastbound bridge turned 100 years old, and several people gathered from [[West Bottoms]] on the same day it opened on January 29, 1907, holding lights to the bridge in honor of its 100 years of service.{{citation needed|date=April 2024}} |
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In 2018, the westbound side of bridge was demolished and reconstructed over the Kansas River, and was reopened in 2021. Unlike the original westbound bridge, it has lighting, as well as an adequately sized shoulder missing form the functionally obsolete 1962 structure. It's opening was delayed due to the [[2019 Midwestern U.S. floods|floods of 2019]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Westbound Lewis & Clark Viaduct Opens to Traffic in Kansas City {{!}} ACP |url=https://www.acppubs.com/articles/westbound-lewis-clark-viaduct-opens-to-traffic-in-kansas-city |access-date=2022-07-29 |website=www.acppubs.com}}</ref> The Eastbound span has since been closed for demolition and reconstruction which will make the structure similar in design to the replacement westbound bridge, albeit with a pedestrian walkway.<ref>{{Cite web |title=EB Lewis and Clark Viaduct Closure Begins October 23 |url=https://www.downtownkck.org/news/2021/10/14/eb-lewis-and-clark-viaduct-closure-begins-october-23 |access-date=2022-07-29 |website=The Downtown Shareholders |language=en-US}}</ref> |
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==See also== |
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* {{Portal-inline|Transport}} |
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* {{Portal-inline|Engineering}} |
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* {{Portal-inline|Kansas}} |
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* {{Portal-inline|United States}} |
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==References== |
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<references/> |
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{{Crossings navbox |
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|structure = Crossings |
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|place = [[Kansas River]] |
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|bridge = Lewis and Clark Viaduct |
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|bridge signs = [[Image:I-70.svg|20px|alt=Interstate 70]] [[Image:US 24.svg|20px|alt=US Highway 24]] [[Image:US 40.svg|20px|alt=US Highway 40]] [[Image:US 169.svg|25px|alt=US Highway 169]] |
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|upstream = [[James Street Bridge (Kansas City)|James Street Bridge]] |
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|downstream = [[Union Pacific Bridge (Two Rivers Bridge)]] |
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|downstream signs = ''Union Pacific Railroad'' |
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}} |
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[[Category:Bridges over the Kansas River]] |
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[[Category:Bridges in Kansas City, Kansas]] |
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[[Category:Bridges in Kansas City, Missouri]] |
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[[Category:Interstate 70]] |
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[[Category:U.S. Route 24]] |
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[[Category:U.S. Route 40]] |
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[[Category:U.S. Route 169]] |
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[[Category:Bridges completed in 1907]] |
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[[Category:1907 establishments in Kentucky]] |
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[[Category:Bridges completed in 1962]] |
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[[Category:1962 establishments in Kentucky]] |
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[[Category:Bridges completed in 2021]] |
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[[Category:2021 establishments in Kentucky]] |
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[[Category:2018 disestablishments in Kentucky]] |
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[[Category:Truss bridges in the United States]] |
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[[Category:Viaducts in the United States]] |
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[[Category:Road bridges in Missouri]] |
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[[Category:Road bridges in Kansas]] |
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[[Category:Bridges on the Interstate Highway System]] |
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[[Category:Bridges of the United States Numbered Highway System]] |
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[[Category:Former toll bridges in Kansas]] |
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[[Category:Former toll bridges in Missouri]] |
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