Showing posts with label iron bridges. Show all posts
Showing posts with label iron bridges. Show all posts

Wednesday, November 14, 2018

Historic Northeast Bridge

This bridge was constructed in 1897...all iron.   It was refurbished in the early 80s and named after the two women who founded Children's Mercy Hospital- Drs. Richardson and Graham . The bridge carries Gladstone Boulevard over Anderson Avenue. 







Tuesday, June 25, 2013

Richardson-Graham Bridge, Northeast Kansas City



Richardson-Graham Memorial Bridge  ( also still called Anderson Bridge ). Built in 1897 it never had a formal name.  Five years ago the Park Board voted to name it for Dr. Katherine Berry Richardson, a surgeon, and Dr. Alice Berry Graham, a dentist.  The same year the bridge was built the Doctors founded Children's Mercy Hospital; their first beds were on the third floor of their home on North Clinton Place at Windsor.   The home still stands and is in fine shape.