The Missouri Pacific Railroad bridge was built in 1909, by the MoPac. In 1984 it was merged with Union Pacific in the Missouri Pacific-Union Pacific merger. The bridge is upstream of I-670, over the Kansas River. It is open to traffic.
It is the sister bridge to the Union Pacific Intermodal Bridge.
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“Then they seen it, the old Missouri River shinin’ in the moon and across it the lights of St. Louis.”
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