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Title: Transportation: Connecting the Kansas City Region
Description: Article reviews the highlights for Kansas and Missouri of a five-year Federal transportation bill passed by Congress and signed by President George W. Bush in 2005. Includes dollar amounts for specific projects in the Kansas City area, including $50 million for the Paseo Bridge.
Date: 2005-11-01
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: General Highway Map of Jackson County, Missouri
Description: Map of Jackson County, Missouri including roads and road markings, bridges, parks, schools, etc.
Date: 1951
Object Type: Map

Title: Historical Resources Mitigation Volume II: Bridges over the Osage--Harry S. Truman Dam and Reservoir Project, Missouri
Description: Study of the history of the bridges across the Osage River and its tributaries built between 1895 and 1937, flooded by or closely affected by Truman Lake, southeast of Kansas City, gathered partially through oral interviews conducted by the Army Corps of Engineers, with photos, map, and illustrations.
Date: 1980-09
Object Type: Report

Title: Broadway Bridge Dedication
Description: Mayor H. Roe Bartle cuts the ribbon to signal opening of bridge. Reed Gentry stands in near background.
Date: 1956-09-25
Object Type: Photograph

Title: New Flyover Dedicated
Description: A new railroad bridge called a flyover was dedicated near Sheffield Station Industrial Park. It is 3 miles long and one of the longest railway bridges in the country, costing $74 million and it should speed national rail traffic through Kansas City.
Date: 2000-07-26
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: SC164 KCPL Reference Hard to Find Collection Finding Aid
Description: The materials within the KCPL Reference Hard to Find (HTF) Collection were compiled by Kansas City Public Library reference librarians and staff members to provide an easy to access source of information concerning topics of local and regional interest. The collection primarily consists of newspaper and magazine clippings, pamphlets, brochures, other forms of printed material, and typed notecards.
Date: 1980/2005
Object Type: Finding Aid

Title: General Highway Map, Clay County, Missouri
Description: Map of Clay County, Missouri, including road coverage, bridges, parks, schools, cemeteries, etc.
Date: 1954
Object Type: Map

Title: SC102 Bridge Quantity Record Books Finding Aid
Description: This collection contains four record books with quantity listings for bridge/viaduct construction in Kansas City. They were maintained by a Kansas City (Mo.) City Hall office, although the department is not identified in the books. The first two books pertain to the 12th Street Trafficway bridge and the third and fourth books pertain to the Wyandotte Street Viaduct at 31st Street as well as a number of other bridges. Each contains dates as well as quantity listings for materials such as steel, concrete, sand, lumber, crushed rock, etc., used in the construction process. The first three also list various company names that were contracted for the work. Numerous pages include diagrams.
Date: 1913/1917
Object Type: Finding Aid

Title: H. H. Shepard's
Description: Advertising card for H. H. Shepard's showing winter scene of a stone bridge over a river in the moonlight. Front of card says: "Buy Your School Books, Wall Paper and Shades at H. H. Shepard's." Front lower right corner has number 659 and lower left says: "Bufford." Back of card is blank. Address given on front of card: 618 Main St., Kansas City, Mo.
Date: 1885~
Object Type: Advertising Card

Title: A Bridge Too Far
Description: In her column "Midnight Confessions", Dorri Alexander writes briefly about some of the various bridges that connect the Northeast area. Includes a picture of the Anderson Avenue Bridge which was re-named the Graham-Richardson Memorial Bridge. History note reads: "The Lexington Avenue Bridge over Chestnut Trafficway was built in 1908 by the Central Electric Railway Company. The multi-use span operated as a roadway and as a streetcar and pedestrian crossing. In 1941, the rail tracks were removed so the bridge could accommodate two-way vehicular traffic. The bridge last underwent a complete repair in 1969".
Date: 2006-02-22
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: Bridge over Brush Creek
Description: Postcard of a stone bridge over Brush Creek near Rockhill Road.
Date: 1912~
Object Type: Postcard

Title: State Work on Bridges Draws to a Close
Description: After nine years of piece-by-piece construction, the Missouri 291 bridges are open with four lanes spanning the river between Independence, Sugar Creek and Liberty.
Date: 2004-12-05
Object Type: Newspaper Article

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