Turner Bridge
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K-32 Turner Bridge | |
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The new bridge in 2007
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Carries | 5 lanes of ![]() |
Crosses | Kansas River |
Locale | Kansas City, Kansas |
Official name | Turner Diagonal Memorial Bridge |
Maintained by | KDOT |
Characteristics | |
Design | Thru-Truss (first bridge), Girder (second and current bridge) |
History | |
Opened | 1955 (first bridge), 2002 (second and current bridge) |
For the third time, K-32 crosses the Kansas River during its almost 60 mile journey through Kansas City, and Topeka. The K-32 Turner Bridge was first opened in 1955 as a two lane steel through-truss bridge. In 2001, the bridge was torn down, due to its major superstructure problems, and with the growing area, could no longer handle the traffic flow as a two lane. By late 2002, the through-truss was gone, and a new five lane girder was in place. The bridge now carries two lanes of eastbound traffic, and three lanes westbound.
The Turner Bridge marks the beginning of the Turner Diagonal.