The Missouri Pacific Railroad

bridge A bridge is a structure built to Span (engineering), span a physical obstacle (such as a body of water, valley, road, or railway) without blocking the path underneath. It is constructed for the purpose of providing passage over the obstacle, whi ...

was built in 1909, by the MoPac. In 1984 it was merged with Union Pacific in the

Missouri Pacific The Missouri Pacific Railroad , commonly abbreviated as MoPac, was one of the first railroads in the United States west of the Mississippi River. MoPac was a Class I railroad growing from dozens of predecessors and mergers. In 1967, the railroad ...

Union Pacific The Union Pacific Railroad is a Class I freight-hauling railroad that operates 8,300 locomotives over routes in 23 U.S. states west of Chicago and New Orleans. Union Pacific is the second largest railroad in the United States after BNSF, ...

merger. The bridge is upstream of I-670, over the

Kansas River The Kansas River, also known as the Kaw, is a meandering river in northeastern Kansas in the United States. It is potentially the southwestern most part of the Missouri River drainage, which is sometimes in turn the northwesternmost portion of ...

. It is open to traffic. It is the sister bridge to the Union Pacific Intermodal Bridge.

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, bridge = Missouri Pacific Bridge , bridge signs = ''Union Pacific Railroad'' , upstream = Union Pacific Intermodal Bridge , upstream signs = ''Union Pacific Railroad'' , downstream =

I-670 Viaduct History and Significance Named after Jay B. Dillingham, a prominent figure in the history of the Kansas City Stockyards, the viaduct serves as a critical link within the regional transportation network, easing the flow of intercity and interst ...

, downstream signs= Bridges over the Kansas River Railroad bridges in Missouri Bridges completed in 1909 Union Pacific Railroad bridges Missouri Pacific Railroad