12th Street Bridge
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{{Infobox Bridge
|bridge_name= 12th Street Kansas River Bridge
|carries= 2 lanes of 12th Street
|crosses= Kansas River
|locale= Kansas City, Kansas
|open= 1909 (first bridge), 1930 (second bridge), 2000 (third and current bridge)
|maint=WyCo Unified Government{{Citation needed|date=March 2008}}
|design= Deck Truss (first bridge), Thru-Truss (second bridge,) Girder (current bridge)
|image=
|caption= The bridge in 1985, as a two lane thru-truss, this bridge was removed in 2000
|coordinates = {{coord|39.0733|-94.6401|region:US-KS_type:landmark|display=inline,title}}
}}
The 12th Street Bridge is an automobile crossing of the Kansas River in Kansas City, Kansas.
History
The 12th Street Bridge dates back to the early 1900s, when it was an iron bridge."[http://kckl.ent.sirsi.net/custom/web/content/kscollection/kckthenandnow/12thstbridge.pdf 12th St. Bridge's history long]{{Dead link|date=January 2021 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}," Kansas City Kansan, July 14, 1985, at [http://www.kckpl.lib.ks.us/ Kansas City Public Library Website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110426024912/http://www.kckpl.lib.ks.us/ |date=2011-04-26 }} (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, and east of the 18th Street Expressway Bridge over the Kansas River.
References
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|structure = Crossings
|place = Kansas River
|bridge = 12th Street Bridge
|upstream = 18th Street Expressway Bridge
|upstream signs = 25px
|downstream = 7th Street Trafficway Bridge
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Category:Bridges over the Kansas River
Category:Bridges in Kansas City, Kansas
Category:Bridges completed in 1909
Category:Bridges completed in 2000
Category:Road bridges in Kansas