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The Buck O'Neil Bridge was a triple arch bridge that spanned the 
Broadway (Hwy 169) Missouri River Bridge in Kansas City, Missouri
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Missouri River
The Missouri River is a river in the Central United States, Central and Mountain states, Mountain West regions of the United States. The nation's longest, it rises in the eastern Centennial Mountains of the Bitterroot Range of the Rocky Moun ...
in Kansas City, Missouri
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, in the United States
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. It first opened for traffic September 9, 1956 as the Broadway Bridge. It was built at a cost of $12 million. It was a toll bridge until 1991.
It replaced the Second Hannibal Bridge just to its east which had handled auto traffic on its upper level. In turn, the Buck O'Neil Bridge has now been replaced by the New Buck O'Neil Bridge.
It provided access from downtown Kansas City to the Charles B. Wheeler Downtown Airport and to the city of Riverside, Missouri
Riverside is a city in Platte County, Missouri, and part of the Kansas City metropolitan area in the United States. The population was 4,013 at the 2020 census.
History
Riverside lies on the edge of the Missouri River and was formally incorpo ...
.
U.S. Route 169, which the bridge carries across the river, never enters North Kansas City, Missouri
North Kansas City is a city in Clay County, Missouri, United States. It is also enclaved in Kansas City. Even though the name is similar to its larger counterpart, Kansas City, it is an independent municipality and part of the Kansas City metrop ...
, but skirts the western border.
On June 24, 2016, the Bridge was officially renamed from the Broadway Bridge to the Buck O'Neil Bridge named after the Kansas City Monarchs
The Kansas City Monarchs were the longest-running franchise in the history of baseball's Negro leagues. Operating in Kansas City, Missouri, and owned by J. L. Wilkinson, they were charter members of the Negro National League from 1920 to 193 ...
player and manager John Jordan "Buck" O'Neil.
On May 18, 2018, MoDOT began construction on the Buck O'Neil Bridge, with plans to repair the expansion joints, cable keep replacements and partial scour remediation. The project was expected to last until December at a cost of $7 million.
On January 29, 2024, the new Buck O'Neil Bridge opened to northbound traffic. Major demolition of the original 1956 bridge began on February 15, 2024, with the northern span being brought down with explosives.
See also
* * * *List of crossings of the Missouri River
The list of crossings of the Missouri River includes bridges over the Missouri River, which spans from the Mississippi River, upstream to its sources. Crossings
See also
* List of crossings of the Upper Mississippi River
* List of crossings of ...
References
External links
Broadway (Hwy 169) Missouri River Bridge in Kansas City, Missouri
Through arch bridges in the United States Bridges in Kansas City, Missouri Bridges completed in 1956 Bridges over the Missouri River Former toll bridges in Missouri Road bridges in Missouri U.S. Route 169 Bridges of the United States Numbered Highway System {{Missouri-bridge-struct-stub