The 12th Street Bridge is an automobile crossing of the

Kansas River The Kansas River, also known as the Kaw, is a river in northeastern Kansas in the United States. It is the southwesternmost part of the Missouri River drainage, which is in turn the northwesternmost portion of the extensive Mississippi River dr ...

Kansas City, Kansas Kansas City, abbreviated as "KCK", is the third-largest city in the U.S. state of Kansas, and the county seat of Wyandotte County. It is an inner suburb of the older and more populous Kansas City, Missouri, after which it is named. As of ...

History

The 12th Street Bridge dates back to the early 1900s, when it was an iron bridge.12th St. Bridge's history long
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Kansas City Public Library Website
(accessed December 22, 2013). Swept away by a 1903 flood, it was rebuilt at the cost of $75,000. A judge ordered the bridge rebuilt again in 1923 and it was reopened April 22, 1926. A 1940 fire damaged the center span of the bridge and its wooden floor fell into the river. In about a year, it reopened after being rebuilt. In 2000, the thru-truss was removed and replaced with a girder, due to problems with the substructure. It is just west of the

7th Street Trafficway Bridge The 7th Street Trafficway Bridge is a one level deck truss bridge over the Kansas River and BNSF Railway tracks on 7th Street. It was built in 1932. It connects the Armourdale district of Kansas City, Kansas, to the east end of the Argentine di ...

, and east of the

18th Street Expressway Bridge The 18th Street Expressway Bridge is a one level deck truss, four lane crossing of the Kansas River in Kansas City, Kansas. It was built in 1959, to replace the Argentine Bridge The Argentine Bridge was a one lane, thru-truss bridge over the K ...

over the Kansas River.

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Bridges over the Kansas River Bridges in Kansas City, Kansas Bridges completed in 1909 Bridges completed in 2000 Road bridges in Kansas Girder bridges in the United States 1909 establishments in Kansas