Ground was broken April 21, 1931, with the bridge opening on September 27, 1934, at a cost of $600,000.

At this point, the Farfax Bridge was restriped to carry two southbound lanes.

[1] The Platte Purchase Bridge was then restricted to handling two-way traffic.

[2] The first detonation occurred on the morning of Friday, December 9, 2016, and the rest of the bridge was demolished on Thursday, January 12, 2017.

The replacement bridge was formally opened by the Missouri Department of Transportation on March 16, 2017.