Highline Bridge | |
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&sq=&lang=&file=File:Highline_Bridge,_Kansas_City.jpeg) Highline Bridge with Union Pacific 844 as seen from the Kansas Avenue Bridge, October 2016 | |
| Coordinates | 39°05′03″N 94°36′39″W / 39.0843°N 94.6108°W |
| Carries | 4 tracks of the Kansas City Terminal Railway (KCTR), 2 on lowel level, 2 on upper |
| Crosses | Kansas River, Armourdale District |
| Locale | Kansas City, Kansas |
| Maintained by | BNSF Railway |
| Characteristics | |
| Design | 2 level Thru-Truss, Deck Truss |
| History | |
| Opened | 1919 |
| Location | |
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Crossing the Kansas River in Kansas City, Kansas, the Highline Bridge is rare example of a double-tracked, double-deck railroad bridge designed for carrying railroad traffic on both levels. The bridge is owned and operated by the Kansas City Terminal Railway (KCTR) and provides access between the extensive rail yards on both sides of the river in the Argentine and Armourdale neighborhoods in Kansas City, Kansas and other rail yards in Kansas City, Missouri.
The current bridge was constructed between 1916 and 1919 as part of the improvements needed to relocate the Kansas City Union Station to its present location while still providing efficient access to railroads serving the station from the west and northwest. The upper deck is a critical link in the elevated Kansas City Highline viaduct originally constructed to carry passenger trains over several busy freight junctions west of the Union Station.[1] The roads using the bridge for passenger service at the time of construction included the Union Pacific; Chicago Great Western; Missouri Pacific; and Rock Island. Mainlines and junctions then crossed by the Highline included Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe; Kansas City Terminal; Chicago, Burlington and Quincy; The Katy; Kansas City Southern; and Frisco.[2][3]
Currently, the bridge handles freight traffic on both levels.
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