Fairfax Bridge and | |
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| Coordinates | 39°09′24″N 94°37′25″W / 39.1566°N 94.6236°W |
| Carries | Four lanes of  US 69 |
| Crosses | Missouri River |
| Locale | Platte County, Missouri to Kansas City, Kansas |
| Maintained by | MoDOT |
| Characteristics | |
| Design | Twin Truss bridges |
| Total length | 2,486.5 feet (757.9 m) |
| History | |
| Opened | September 27, 1934, 1957 |
| Closed | October 31, 2014,[1] Late 2016 |
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The Fairfax Bridge and Platte Purchase Bridge were a pair of twin truss bridges over the Missouri River that handled traffic on U.S. Route 69 (US 69), connecting Interstate 635 (I-635) in Riverside, Missouri with the Seventh Street Trafficway in Fairfax, Kansas. The southbound span was built by the Kansas City Bridge Company, and was 2,486.5 feet (757.9 m) long and had 13 spans on 15 piers. The northbound spans biggest span was 465.96 feet and it is 2552.19 feet long and had a deck width of 28.31 feet and vertical clearance of 15.02 feet.