Highline Bridge, Kansas City

Name: Highline Bridge
Address: Kansas City, United States

#131 among attractions in Kansas City

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Crossing the Kansas River in Kansas City, Kansas, the Highline Bridge is rare example of a double-tracked double-deck railroad bridge designed for carrying railroad traffic on both levels. The bridge is owned and operated by the Kansas City Terminal Railway and provides access between the extensive rail yards on both sides of the river in the Argentine and Armourdale neighborhoods in Kansas and other rail yards in Kansas City, Missouri. ()

Opened: 1917 (108 years ago)Coordinates: 39°5'3"N, 94°36'39"W

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West Kansas City (Shawnee Heights)Kansas City United States

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Highline Bridge – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, Grace and Holy Trinity Cathedral, Penn Valley Park, The Scout.

1.6 miNE
Church, Sacred and religious sites
Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, Kansas City
42 min walk • The Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception is a Catholic cathedral in Kansas City, Missouri, United States. Along with the Cathedral of St. Joseph it is the seat of the Diocese of Kansas City-St. Joseph.
1.5 miNE
Church, Gothic Revival architecture
Grace and Holy Trinity Cathedral, Kansas City
39 min walk • Grace and Holy Trinity Cathedral is an Episcopal cathedral in the Quality Hill neighborhood of downtown Kansas City, Missouri, United States. It is the seat of the Episcopal Diocese of West Missouri.
1.2 miSE
Park
Penn Valley Park, Kansas City
32 min walk • Penn Valley Park is an urban park overlooking the Downtown Kansas City, Missouri. The 176-acre park was developed in 1904 on land through which the Santa Fe Trail had passed.
1.1 miSE
Monuments and statues
The Scout, Kansas City
29 min walk • The Scout is a famous statue by Cyrus E. Dallin in Kansas City, Missouri. It is more than 10 feet tall, and depicts a Sioux Indian on horseback surveying the landscape. The Scout was conceived by Dallin in 1910, and exhibited at the 1915 Panama–Pacific International Exposition in San Francisco, where it won a gold medal.
1.3 miSE
Park, Skate park
Penn Valley skatepark, Kansas City
33 min walk • Penn Valley Skatepark is one of the more recent additions to the park, and is also known as Kansas City Skate Plaza because of the similar appearance of a "plaza-type" Skatepark.
1 miSW
Bridge
Shawnee Street Overpass, Kansas City
27 min walk • The Shawnee Street Overpass is an overpass in Kansas City, Kansas, United States. The bridge allows traffic Shawnee Road to go over South 7th Street, a section of U.S. Route 169. It was completed in 1932; the engineer of the bridge is unknown. It was added to the Register of Historic Kansas Places on August 27, 1983.
1.6 miSW
Italianate architecture
Sauer Castle, Kansas City
42 min walk • The Sauer Castle is an Italianate home in Kansas City, Kansas built in 1871 and completed in 1873. It was designed by famed architect Asa Beebe Cross. It was the residence of Anton Sauer. Sauer had married his wife Francesca in Vienna, Austria at age eighteen and a half. There, they had their five children: Gustave O.L.
1.5 miNE
Convention center, Event space, Entertainment
Kansas City Convention Center, Kansas City
40 min walk • The Kansas City Convention Center, often referred to as the Bartle Hall Convention Center or simply Bartle Hall, is a major convention center in downtown Kansas City, Missouri, USA. It is named for Harold Roe Bartle, a prominent, two-term mayor of Kansas City in the 1950s and early-1960s.
0.8 miE
Nightlife, Brewery, Beer garden
Boulevard Brewing Company, Kansas City
20 min walk • Boulevard Brewing Company is a brewery located in Kansas City, Missouri. The Brewers Association currently ranks the American arm of Boulevard's parent company, Duvel Moortgat USA, as the 12th largest craft brewery, and the 18th largest active brewery in the United States based on 2014 sales volume.
1.5 miNE
Tower
Bartle Hall Pylons, Kansas City
39 min walk • The Bartle Hall Pylons are four concrete, steel columnar structures built to support steel cables that suspend Bartle Hall Convention Center above Truman Road and Interstate 670 in Kansas City, Missouri.
0.9 miE
Church, Queen Anne architecture
Sacred Heart Church, Kansas City
22 min walk • Sacred Heart Church, School and Rectory was a historic site at 2540–2544 Madison Avenue and 910 West 26th Street in Kansas City, Missouri. The church was built in 1896 and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Which popular attractions are close to Highline Bridge?

Nearby attractions include 23rd Street viaduct, Kansas City (11 min walk), Rock Island Bridge, Kansas City (13 min walk), Boulevard Brewing Company, Kansas City (20 min walk), Sacred Heart Church, Kansas City (22 min walk).

How to get to Highline Bridge by public transport?

The nearest stations to Highline Bridge:

Bus

Southwest Blvd. at 26th • Lines: 11, 23 (19 min walk)
25th at Southwest Blvd. • Lines: 23, 27 (21 min walk)