Eudora Kaw River Bridge

Eudora Kaw River Bridge
Coordinates	38°57′23″N 95°05′47″W / 38.9564°N 95.0965°WCoordinates: 38°57′23″N 95°05′47″W / 38.9564°N 95.0965°W
Carries	Two lanes of 222nd Street
Crosses	Kansas River
Locale	Linwood, Kansas
Maintained by	Douglas Co. and Leavenworth Co.
Characteristics
Design	Girder

The Eudora Kaw River Bridge is an automobile and pedestrian crossing of the Kansas River located just north of Eudora, Kansas. A girder bridge, it is the first bridge over the river for almost four miles, as the Highway 2 Bridge is far off to the east.

The bridge runs concurrent with Leavenworth County's County Road 1 and Douglas County's County Road 1061 and the city of Eudora is just south of the bridge.

The two lane bridge has a span of 1,360 feet^[1] and was opened in 1965, built at a cost of $746,000.^[2][3][4][5] It was designed to be at least three feet higher than the levels reached in the Great Flood of 1951.^[6]

Its predecessor bridge was damaged by ice in 1935 and reopened in 1937,^[7] then damaged beyond use by ice in January 1962.^[8]

References

1. (17 July 2009). Crews to Work on Deck of Kansas River Bridge North of Eudora, Lawrence Journal-World
2. (17 November 1966). Award Given for Eudora Bridge, Lawrence Journal-World
3. (26 October 1965). Bridge at Eudora Will Be Dedicated Officially Sunday, Lawrence Journal-World
4. (21 November 1997). County Honored for Bridge Project, Lawrence Journal-World
5. (16 November 1993). Kaw River Bridge North of Eudora Needs Work, Lawrence Journal-World
6. (28 May 1963). Plans are Started for Eudora Span in 2-year Project, Lawrence Journal-World
7. (17 July 1937). Bridge Opening A Big Eudora Event, Lawrence Journal-World
8. (15 February 1963). Joy in Eudora, Lawrence Journal-World