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Title: Urban Traffic
Description: Two images of Kansas City automobile traffic used to promote expressways as a way to ease automobile congestion. The first image was taken on an unidentified street east of downtown. The second image was taken from an elevated vantage point and captures Southwest Trafficway passing over Southwest Boulevard.
Date: 1958
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Turnpike and 18th Street Cloverleaf
Description: Aerial view of intersection of Interstate 70 and the South 18th Street Expressway in Kansas City, Kansas. Railroad tracks and industrial buildings can be seen.
Date: 1964-05-08
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Intercity Viaduct - West Interchange
Description: View facing northeast that captures the west interchange of the Intercity Viaduct taken from Saint John's Park in the Strawberry Hill neighborhood of Kansas City, Kansas. Interstate 70 can also be seen.
Date: 1966-05-27
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Intercity Viaduct and Kansas City, Missouri, Skyline
Description: View facing east that captures the Kansas City, Missouri, downtown skyline taken from Saint John's Park in the Strawberry Hill neighborhood of Kansas City, Kansas. Interstate 70 and the Intercity Viaduct can be seen.
Date: 1966-05-27
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Kaw River and Intercity
Description: View facing northwest taken from the James Street Bridge. The Kansas River, the Intercity Viaduct, and Interstate 70 can be seen.
Date: 1962-09-11
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Skyline from Southeast Trafficway
Description: View facing northwest that captures the downtown Kansas City, Missouri, skyline, taken from the southeast corner of the downtown expressway loop. City Hall, St. Mary's Episcopal Church, the Jackson County Courthouse, and other downtown buildings can be seen. Construction of Highway 71 is also in view.
Date: 1962-10-14
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Southeast Trafficway Dedication - Ribbon Cutting
Description: View of a crowd attending a ribbon cutting ceremony for the Southeast Trafficay. Mrs. Whitton, wife of Federal Highway Administrator Rex M. Whitton is cutting the ribbon. Rex M. Whitton, Independence Mayor L. F. P. Curry, Missouri Governor John M. Dalton, President Harry S. Truman, and Raytown Mayor John D. Fox can also be seen.
Date: 1962-08-17
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Kansas City's Expressways
Description: Illustrated map showing the planned expressway system in the Kansas City area in 1952. Text printed on the map explains how the freeway system will work and how it will benefit the public. The map displays a plan to route the expressways close to the downtown area of Kansas City, Kansas, that was later changed.
Date: 1952
Object Type: Map

Title: Construction Phases Map
Description: Map of the Kansas City area showing planned stages of consruction of the expressway system. The map was part of the City Plan Commission's publication Expressways - Greater Kansas City in 1951.
Date: 1951
Object Type: Map

Title: Metropolitan Kansas City
Description: Street map of metropolitan Kansas City, with inset maps of Olathe, Kansas and Lee's Summit, Missouri. Features colored areas showing light and heavy industry, with many named industrial districts, city and school district boundaries, "switching limits."
Date: 1960
Object Type: Map

Title: Kansas City and Vicinity
Description: Road map of Kansas City and surrounding counties including Ray and Buchanan counties in Missouri, Johnson and Leavenworth counties in Kansas; enlarged maps of St. Joseph, Mo. and Leavenworth, Kan. inset. Reverse side is street map of metropolitan Kansas City. Includes indexes to towns, airports, golf clubs, cemeteries, parks, lakes, and streets.
Date: 1960
Object Type: Map

Title: Kansas City Metropolitan Area
Description: Map of the Kansas City metropolitan area, showing boundaries of Kansas City and surrounding communities. Map also shows major roads and highways; proposed routes for Interstates 435, 35, 670, 635, and 470; proposed route for U.S. Highway 71; bodies of water; and airports.
Date: 1960
Object Type: Map

Title: Unidentified Parking Lot and Building
Description: Photograph of an unknown building and adjacent parking lot in the late 1970s. The site appears to be near Interstate 435.
Date: 1970~/1979~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Sixth Street Trafficway - Paseo Bridge Approach
Description: Elevated view looking southwest of the northeast corner of the downtown expressway look where 6th Street Trafficway meets the Paseo Bridge approach. The downtown skyline can be seen in the background. Cars traveling along the streets can be seen. A portion of the Columbus Park neighborhood is in view on the right hand side of the image.
Date: 1954-10
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Bruce R. Watkins Drive Nears End of Long, Bumpy Road to Completion
Description: Photos, maps, and extensive article about the completion of "Bruce R. Watkins Drive, the 10-mile road more than a half century in the making," with its last leg from "Linwood Boulevard to the downtown highway loop" opened in October 2001. Description of the planning, political battles and demolition of private residences, and construction of the road variously as a freeway or parkway since 1951 as a direct and fast route from Downtown to South Kansas City and named for the late Bruce Watkins (1924-1980), "a black political leader and former city councilman."
Date: 2001-10-21
Object Type: Newspaper

Title: A WPA Road Tour
Description: Author travels Tour Six in the Missouri WPA Guide, driving U.S. Highway 60 from Charleston to Neosho. Article includes facts and information about Missouris WPA American Guide tour book (page 26).
Date: 2006-04-01
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: Kansas City
Description: Street map of Kansas City and surrounding area including Wyandotte and Johnson counties in Kansas, North Kansas City, Independence, and Raytown; enlarged map of downtown inset. Indexes points of interest, colleges, hospitals, transportation terminals, golf courses, parks, and streets.
Date: 1962
Object Type: Map

Title: Kansas City, Kans.-Mo. Street Map
Description: Street map of the greater Kansas City area that includes portions of Kansas, Independence, Grandview, and North Kansas City. Streets, interstates, and highways are included along with a chart of points of interest, transportation terminals, hospitals, and universities and colleges.
Date: 1964
Object Type: Map

Title: Platte County, Missouri
Description: Land ownership map of Platte County, Missouri, showing U.S. highways, state highways, roads (paved, gravel, and graded), railroads, political township boundaries, civil township lines, schools, churches, cemeteries, rivers, and streams. Includes the townships of Marshall, Green, Preston, Weston, Fair, Lee, Carroll, Waldron, May, and Pettis.
Date: 1955~
Object Type: Map

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