Highline Bridge (Kansas City)

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Highline Bridge
Carries 4 tracks of the Kansas City Terminal Railway (KCTR), 2 on lowel level, 2 on upper
Crosses Kansas River, Armourdale District
Locale Kansas City, Kansas
Maintained by BNSF Railway
Design 2 level Thru-Truss, Deck Truss
Opening date 1917

The Highline Bridge is an elevated railroad bridge over the Armourdale district of Kansas City, Kansas. It was built in 1917 and is owned and operated by the Kansas City Terminal Railway (KCTR)

It crosses the Kansas River at the eastern part of the bridge, and has thru-truss spans over the Kansas River. The rest of the bridge is a deck truss, and is about one mile long, and goes an north to southeast in direction.

The thru-truss that cross the Kansas River have lift jacks to lift it during floods.