Platte Purchase Bridge

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Platte Purchase Bridge
Coordinates	39°09′24″N 94°37′24″W / 39.1567°N 94.6233°W / 39.1567; -94.6233
Carries	Two lanes of northbound US 69
Crosses	Missouri River
Locale	Kansas City, Kansas to Platte County, Missouri
Maintained by	MoDOT
Characteristics
Design	Continuous truss bridge
Total length	2,552.19 feet (777.91 m)
Width	28.31 feet (8.63 m)
Longest span	465.96 feet (142.02 m)
Clearance above	15.02 feet (4.58 m)
History
Opened	1957
Closed	Late 2016
Location

The Platte Purchase Bridge was a continuous truss bridge over the Missouri River that handled northbound U.S. Route 69, connecting the Seventh Street Trafficway in Fairfax, Kansas with Interstate 635 (Kansas–Missouri) in Riverside, Missouri. Its 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. The bridge was named for the Platte Purchase.