Kansas City Bridge Company

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The Kansas City Bridge Company was a bridge building company that built many bridges throughout the Midwest in the early 1900s.

The company was founded in 1893 and ceased business around 1960.

A number of its works are listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places.

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Bridges

Missouri River

• Missouri-Kansas-Texas (MKT) Bridge
• Lexington Bridge (Lexington, Missouri)
• Fairfax Bridge
• Rulo Bridge
• Nebraska City Bridge -- 1930 through truss Waubonsie Bridge.
• South Omaha Veterans Memorial Bridge
• Blair Bridge
• Asylum Bridge, First St. over Marais des Cygnes Osawatomie, KS (Kansas City Bridge Co.), NRHP-listed
• Bridgeport Hill-Hydro OK 66 Segment, OK 66 from Hydro E to Spur US 281 Hydro, OK (Kansas City Bridge Company), NRHP-listed
• Carey's Ford Bridge, Over Marais des Cygnes River, E of Osawatomie Osawatomie, KS (Kansas City Bridge Co.), NRHP-listed
• Little Deep Fork Creek Bridge, 0.33 mi. E of jct. of E0830 Rd. and N3700 Rd. Bristow, OK (Kansas City Bridge Co.), NRHP-listed
• Little Walnut River Pratt Truss Bridge, SW 160th Rd., 0.5 mi. W of int. with Purity Springs Rd. Bois D'Arc, KS (Kansas City Bridge & Iron Co.), NRHP-listed
• North Gypsum Creek Truss Leg Bedstead Bridge, Sioux Rd., 0.2 mi. E of int. with 24th Ave., 1.0 mi. S and 2.8 mi. W of Roxbury Roxbury, KS (Kansas City Bridge Co.), NRHP-listed
• Papinville Marais des Cygnes River Bridge, Cty. Rd. 648 over the Marais des Cygenes R. Papinville, MO (Kansas City Bridge and Iron Co.), NRHP-listed
• Salt Creek Truss Leg Bedstead Bridge, B Rd., 0.6 mi. E of int with 24th Rd., 1.0 mi. N of Barnard Barnard, KS (Kansas City Bridge Co.), NRHP-listed
• South Omaha Bridge, US 275/NE 92 over the Missouri R. Omaha, NE and Council Bluffs, IA (Kansas City Bridge Co.), NRHP-listed
• Tauy Creek Bridge, Over Tauy Cr. N of I-35 Ottawa, KS (Kansas City Bridge Co.), NRHP-listed

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References

The Kansas City Bridge Company built the Huey P. Long Bridge that spans the Mississippi River at Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

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External links

• Midwestplaces list of bridges
• Kansas City Public Library history

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