The Kenneth Road Bridge has faced political, financial, environmental, technical, and construction challenges which have impeded the reconstruction of a federally-funded bridge that spans a state line and lies within multiple jurisdictions. This presentation will describe how the McClure team worked with Kansas City, Missouri, and three other funding entities to finally construct this bridge in Spring 2021. This project had five attempts at design and construction. This presentation will highlight many of the “opportunities” that the team had to solve to deliver a bridge that finally serves the public. Those challenges include (but were not limited to) SIX approving jurisdictions, F-I-I-I-V-E separate design start-ups, FOUR funding partners, THREE consultant selection processes, TWO state permitting policies, and ONE FEMA flood-plain controversy. Our apologies to the Partridge in the Pear Tree!

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Jay Burress, PE, ENV SP;Chad Thompson

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