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Moving a bridge

January 13, 2006 |

Hannibal BridgeShutterbug alert… This Sunday is your chance to see something a little unusual, a large railroad bridge moving through the streets of Downtown. The event is the relocation of the 1892 Pencoyd railroad bridge from the riverfront to Union Station There it will be used for a pedestrian bridge across the train tracks that separate the station from the Freight House building and the Crossroads District to the north.

The big move will take place sometime between 5:00 a.m. an Noon on Sunday, when Grand Blvd will be closed between 3rd and 20th Streets.


Comments

10 Comments so far

  1. cook on January 13, 2006 3:25 pm

    I hope someone takes some pics for those not still in KC and missing it! This should be quite a site. Is there enough room to go through the entertainment district? I thought Grand was closed but maybe I am remembering incorrectly.

  2. cook on January 13, 2006 3:25 pm

    site=sight. sorry.

  3. Andrew on January 13, 2006 6:02 pm

    Cook, You are right that Grand is closed at I-670. It was last time I drove through there.

  4. Andrew on January 13, 2006 6:06 pm

    visit http://www.kcmo.org/cimo.nsf/web/dtconst to see current downtown construction

  5. ChrisM70 on January 15, 2006 12:52 pm

    I went down and took photos of the bridge move.
    See my pictures at this link:

    http://homepage.mac.com/chrism70/PhotoAlbum29.html

  6. ChrisM70 on January 15, 2006 1:45 pm

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  7. cook on January 16, 2006 1:46 pm

    wow, that is quite some feat! Thanks for the pics Chris.

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  10. ChrisM70 on August 13, 2006 8:59 pm

    Photo update on the bridge link…

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/chrism70/214612572/

    Follow this link, and there are 3 other photos showing the progress of the bridge.

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