- Heart of America Bridge
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caption= The Heart of America Bridge is behind theASB Bridge which formerly handled the car traffic on its upper level.
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locale=Kansas City, Missouri toNorth Kansas City, Missouri
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lat= 39.116751
long= -94.578778The Heart of America Bridge is a vehicular
girder bridge over theMissouri River , inKansas City, Missouri . It carries Route 9. It was the vehicular replacement for the upper level of theASB Bridge , and runs next to it a few hundred yards downstream. It was opened in 1987.The Missouri Department of Transportation intends to add a protected pedestrian and bicycle facility to the bridge by
2012 . [http://www.kcicon.org/assets/kcrivercrossings/documents/Record%20of%20Decision.pdf] This will be the first signed pedestrian crossing of the Missouri river in the Kansas City area in decades.ee also
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List of crossings of the Missouri River Crossings navbox
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place =Missouri River
bridge = Heart of America Bridge
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Christopher S. Bond Bridge (Kansas City) (Future 2011)
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