Rockhill Road Bridge, Spanning Brush Creek between Forty-eighth & Volker, Kansas City, Jackson County, MO

Significance: The Rockhill Road Bridge is the earliest documented stone bridge of this type in Missouri. The bridge was built by William Rockhill Nelson, founder and owner of the Kansas City Star newspaper, real estate developer and civic leader in Kansas City, Missouri. It exemplifies the city's building process during the turn of the century's City Beautiful movement.

Survey number: HAER MO-58

Building/structure dates: 1901 Initial Construction

Building/structure dates: 1931 Subsequent Work

Building/structure dates: 1966 Subsequent Work

Building/structure dates: 1986 Subsequent Work

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