Platte Purchase Bridge

The Platte Purchase Bridge was a continuous truss bridge over the Missouri River that handled northbound U.S. Route 69, connecting the Seventh Street Trafficway in Fairfax, Kansas with Interstate 635 (Kansas–Missouri) in Riverside, Missouri.

The Platte Purchase Bridge carries northbound traffic, while the older span carries southbound traffic.

When the latter closed on October 31, 2014, the Platte Purchase span was restriped to handle 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.

Platte Purchase and Fairfax Bridges from the north
Platte Purchase Bridge interior