The Platte River access

Missouri · United States · Bridge

The state took the bridge down about six years ago. The frame is still standing but the deck is gone entirely. There is a car in the water.

At this conservation area on the Platte River near Kansas City, Missouri there was an old bridge until about six years before this account was written.

The state pulled it down because it was too old to carry traffic. The frame is still standing. The part you could drive on is gone completely.

There is also an old car, partly in the river, still there.

A stripped bridge frame over water, with a submerged car under it, is about as suggestive a piece of landscape as exists, and it would generate stories whether or not anything ever happened here.

Cars end up in rivers for a great many reasons, most of them mundane: they were dumped, or pushed in for insurance, or left after the water came up. Missouri river bottoms are full of them.

The area is public conservation land. The bridge structure is unsafe and the river is faster than it looks.

FAQ

Where is The Platte River access located?

The Platte River access is in Missouri, United States.