1917: (Bridge Hunter; Historic Bridges; John A. Weeks III (under construction); 3D Satellite)
The predecessor bridge was the first railroad bridge across the Missouri, and it significantly facilitated the growth of Kansas City.
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| Raymond Storey posted The Bulringtons Barringer Bridge..Kansas City. Dennis DeBruler It looks like there is a one story building at the same location. https://www.google.com/.../data=!3m1!1e3!4m5!3m4... Dennis DeBruler The road deck was abandoned in 1957. https://bridgehunter.com/mo/jackson/second-hannibal/ [Note the interlocking tower.] |
The predecessor bridge was the first railroad bridge across the Missouri, and it significantly facilitated the growth of Kansas City.
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| Photo via 1869 Bridge Hunter |
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| Bridges Now and Then posted An 1869 photo with bridge designer Octave Chanute (middle) standing atop the wooden planks on the completed Hannibal Bridge, crossing the Missouri River at the City of Kansas, renamed Kansas City in 1889. (KCPL) Daniel Sheron: Octave Chanute - helped the Wright Brothers with their airplane designs…quite the engineer. Art Suckewer: Great image! I was unaware that it was built with Keystone Columns. Chanute designed it. Did Carnegie/Keystone build it? |
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| SqueezeBoxCity, please click the link for a nice history of the bridges Hannibal Bridge, under construction |
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| NortheastNews and SqueezeBoxCity In 1886, a tornado destroyed a middle span. That, and probably heavier trains, is why the spans were replaced. Kelly E McClanahan posted this image and five others The one that perhaps started it all, the first bridge across the Missouri River in Kansas City. The Hannibal Bridge was opened in 1869, and was built for Hannibal & St. Joseph Railroad (later the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad) by the Keystone Bridge Company, which also built the famous Eads Bridge in St. Louis. The bridge had a swing span, and was largely responsible for the growth Of Kansas City. In 1886 a tornado took out a center span, but it was replaced the arch design with a traditional truss. In 1917 it was replaced by the current Hannibal Bridge, which was 200 feet up stream, but had the same point of the south side of the River. In one if the pictures, the pillars for the new bridge can be seen. Ross Warnell: Any history of why the bridge wasn't built in St Joseph which was the western terminus of the Hannibal & St Joseph Railroad? Larry Janacaro: Ross Warnell the bridge was built here in KC instead of St Joseph, Leavenworth or Atchison due to strong Lobbying by KearseyCoates and other Early KC civic leaders( rumors at the time mentioned secret financial payoffs) James Smith shared |
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| Mary Maggie Sapp posted From my personal collection of vintage KCMO postcards. Shaun Okelley Have you read the book? https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt... |
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| Zachary L, Mar 2018 |
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| Historic Photo via Historic Bridges |
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| Gabriel Reyes commented on a post |
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| Missouri's Historic Highways posted Vintage postcard "New and Old Hannibal Bridge, Kansas City" Kelly E McClanahan: As others have said, this is the Second Hannibal Bridge, and the Broadway/Buck O'Neil Bridge. The first Hannibal Bridge was 200 feet down steam from the second one. |
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