Kansas City's notorious Independence Avenue bridge could meet its match soon — sort of.
Since it is too expensive to raise the bridge or lower the street, the bridge's 12-foot clearance won't be changing. Instead, the city and Kansas City Terminal Railway Co. agreed to split the cost — estimated to be around $150,000 — of constructing and installing an overhead, advanced warning system on each side of the bridge to alert truck drivers to the low clearance, KCTV reports.
Mayor Quinton Lucas…Kansas City, railway company strike deal to install advance warning system for ‘undefeated’ Independence Avenue bridge
Kansas City's notorious Independence Avenue bridge could meet its match soon — sort of.
Since it is too expensive to raise the bridge or lower the street, the bridge's 12-foot clearance won't be changing. Instead, the city and Kansas City Terminal Railway Co. agreed to split the cost — estimated to be around $150,000 — of constructing and installing an overhead, advanced warning system on each side of the bridge to alert truck drivers to the low clearance, KCTV reports.
Mayor Quinton Lucas…