23rd Street viaduct
23rd Street viaduct | |
|---|---|
| Coordinates | 39°05′24″N 94°36′31″W / 39.09000°N 94.60861°W |
| Carries | 4 lanes of Kansas Avenue in Kansas, 4 lanes of 23rd Street in Missouri |
| Crosses | Kansas River, West Bottoms, parking lot to Kemper Arena |
| Locale | Kansas City, Kansas, to Kansas City, Missouri |
| Official name | Kansas Avenue Bridge |
| Maintained by | Wyandotte County, Kansas, Unified Government |
| ID number | 414301052600057 |
| Characteristics | |
| Design | Warren deck truss |
| History | |
| Opened | 1921 |
| Location | |
The 23rd Street viaduct, known as the (East) Kansas Avenue Bridge in Kansas, is an automobile crossing of the Kansas River, south of the Rock Island Bridge. Though it is entirely in Kansas City, Kansas, one half leads to Kansas City, Missouri, where Kansas Avenue becomes Avenida César E. Chávez, known as 23rd Street until 1994. The span is 1,395 feet (425 m) long.
It has two side approaches, one to the south, one to the north, and rises above the south part of the West Bottoms and the parking lot to Hy-Vee Arena.