Armourdale, Kansas City

#209 among attractions in Kansas City

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Armourdale community is a district in the lower part of the Kansas River valley in Kansas City, Kansas. It is a main district between the West Bottoms and the Rosedale, Kansas area. The Kansas River makes an oxbow curve around the entire district, which is home to Shawnee Park and Bill Clem Park. ()

Coordinates: 39°4'59"N, 94°38'7"W

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West Kansas City (Armourdale)Kansas City United States

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Armourdale – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Shawnee Street Overpass, Sauer Castle, Kansas Avenue Bridge, Union Pacific Intermodal Bridge.

1.1 miSE
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Shawnee Street Overpass, Kansas City
28 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 miS
Italianate architecture
Sauer Castle, Kansas City
26 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.
1.2 miW
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Kansas Avenue Bridge, Kansas City
32 min walk • The Kansas Avenue Bridge is a four lane, multi-beam girder bridge crossing the Kansas River, and a small company on the east side.
1.6 miNE
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Union Pacific Intermodal Bridge, Kansas City
41 min walk • The Union Pacific Intermodal Bridge is a rail crossing of the Kansas River in Kansas City, Missouri. It was built in 1911, as a four span thru-truss on the UPRR railroad. It has a screw jack lift system to allow it to be raised to avoid flood waters.
0.7 miSE
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7th Street Trafficway Bridge, Kansas City
20 min walk • The 7th Street Trafficway Bridge is a one level deck truss bridge over the Kansas River and BNSF Railway tracks on 7th Street. It was built in 1932.
0.7 miS
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12th Street Bridge, Kansas City
18 min walk • The 12th Street Bridge is an automobile crossing of the Kansas River in Kansas City, Kansas.
0.9 miSW
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18th Street Expressway Bridge, Kansas City
23 min walk • The 18th Street Expressway Bridge is a one level deck truss, four lane crossing of the Kansas River in Kansas City, Kansas. It was built in 1959, to replace the Argentine Bridge to the west. It also rises above the BNSF railroad tracks.
1.6 miNE
Bridge
I-670 Viaduct, Kansas City
42 min walk • The I-670 Viaduct is an automobile crossing of the Kansas River, and West Bottoms in Kansas City, Kansas, and Kansas City, Missouri. It was built in 1990, and carries six lanes of Interstate 670 through Kansas City. The bridge is also called the Jay B. Dillingham bridge.
1.6 miNE
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Missouri Pacific Bridge, Kansas City
41 min walk • The Missouri Pacific Railroad bridge was built in 1909, by the MoPac. In 1984 it was merged with Union Pacific in the Missouri Pacific-Union Pacific merger. The bridge is upstream of I-670, over the Kansas River. It is open to traffic. It is the sister bridge to the Union Pacific Intermodal Bridge.

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Which popular attractions are close to Armourdale?

Nearby attractions include 12th Street Bridge, Kansas City (18 min walk), 7th Street Trafficway Bridge, Kansas City (20 min walk), 18th Street Expressway Bridge, Kansas City (23 min walk).

How to get to Armourdale by public transport?

The nearest stations to Armourdale:

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Rainbow at Southwest Blvd. • Lines: 11 (41 min walk)