Topeka Avenue Bridge, V

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Stock #:

24995

Type:

Postcard

Era:

Linen

City:

Topeka

State:

Kansas (KS)

County:

Shawnee

Publisher:

Palmer News Co.

Postmark:

1948

Postmark City:

Topeka

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Size:

3.5" x 5.5" (9 x 14 cm)

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Spans the Kansas River at Topeka and is a connecting link in U.S. Highway No. 75. The bridge is of deck-plate steel girder type. The center span is 941 feet llong and is the largest span of continuous plate girder that has ever been fabricated in the Uited States. Five spans make up bridge, which is 4,440 feet, almost a mile long, and the longest highway bridge in Kansas. The four lane traffic roadway is thirty seven feet above the high water mark and was opened to through traffic in September 1938.

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THEEK BUILD YOU POSTAVE THE TOPEKA AVENUE BRIDGE SPANS THE KANSAS RIVER at Topeka and is a connecting link in VAS. Highway No. 75. The bridge is of deck plate 02 PM steel girder type. The center span is 941 feet long and is the largest span of continuous 9 plate girder that has ever been fabricated in the United States. Five spans make up bridge, which is 4,440 feet, almost a mile long, and the longest highway bridge in Kansas. The four lane traffic roadway is thirty seven feet above the high water mark and was opened to through traffic in September 1938. SAVIT 13891767 ilean Frances PALMER NEWS CO., TOPEKA, KANSAS GENUINE CURTEICH-CHICAGO “C.T. ART-COLORTONE"' POST CAKD (REG. ES. Unfend local streelt scene. Mayhe akron Frances Mimply ན་ནད་ དོན་ ང་ ད་མང་ shin can trade youlungan

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