Intercity Viaduct

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bridge_name=Lewis and Clark Viaduct

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caption=Intercity and Lewis and Clark Viaducts.Intercity Viaduct is left, Lewis and Clark Viaduct is right.
official_name=Lewis and Clark Viaduct
carries=6 lanes of 3 westbound, 4 eastbound
crosses=Kansas River
locale=Kansas City, Kansas/Kansas City, Missouri
maint=KDOT and MoDOT
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design=Deck Truss
mainspan=1151.1 meters
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width=15.8 meters
clearance=8.8 meters
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traffic=23,500
open=1907 eastbound, 1962 westbound
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The Intercity Viaduct (officially the Lewis and Clark Viaduct since 1969) is an automobile and pedestrian crossing of the Kansas River in the United States. Designed by Waddell and Redrick, this four lane, two level deck truss bridge was built in 1907. It rises above the West Bottoms, and several sets of railroad tracks. It was the first bridge to connect Kansas City, Missouri with Kansas City, Kansas non-stop all the way across. It about one and a half miles long and carries Interstate 70 eastbound traffic, its sister bridge, the Lewis and Clark Viaduct built in 1962, carries westbound traffic.

The eastbound lanes were built as the Intercity Viaduct, carrying both east and west lanes, but renamed the Lewis and Clark Viaduct January 25 1969, taking the name of its sister bridge that would now carry the westbound lanes, built in 1962 to the north.

History

1903:Waddell and Redrick design the bridge.

1905:Ground Broke to mark building of the bridge.

1907:Opens to two lanes of toll traffic, with streetcar tracks.

1908:Bridge survives 1908 flood.

1911:Bank foreclosed on bridge, toll not making enough money to pay off bridge building cost.

1917:Bridge purchased by Kansas City, Kansas and Kansas City, Missouri

1918:Ribbon cutting ceramony held to open bridge to free traffic under city control, and ownership.

1930:Steel deck truss beams converted to a lower level, two lane automobile deck.

1936:Streetcar rails removed, and bridge opened to four lanes of traffic on upper level.

1951:Bridge survives 1951 Kansas City flood, becoming the only bridge to remain open to traffic during the flood.

1962:Lewis and Clark Viaduct built to north, old steel piers tubed off, and coated with concrete.

1969:Bridge renamed the Lewis and Clark Viaduct after its sister bridge.

1993:Bridge survives 1993 Kansas City flood.

2007:Bridge turns 100 years of age, several people gather from West Bottoms on the same day it opened in 1907, held lights to bridge, honoring it for its 100 years of service.

2008:Expansion joint work on the Lewis and Clark Viaduct will close the right lane of eastbound I-70 on the Lewis & Clark Viaduct beginning 7 a.m. Monday, May 19 and continue through Sept. 30.

Crossings navbox
structure = Crossings
place = Kansas River
bridge = Intercity Viaduct
bridge signs =
upstream = James Street Bridge (Kansas City)
downstream = Union Pacific Bridge (Two Rivers Bridge)
downstream signs = "Union Pacific Railroad"