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Bridge rededication celebrates life of
civic leader
The reconstructed 27th Street
Bridge was renamed the Herman
A. Johnson Bridge on Nov. 17 during a ceremony at the site.
City
officials and representatives of the
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, the Kansas
City
Chamber of Commerce and the Missouri Association for Social Welfare
attended
the dedication ceremony. In addition to serving in leadership roles in
those
groups, Johnson was a prominent businessman, state legislator, Kansas City civil rights leader
and chairman of Douglass Bank, which was Kansas City's
first
minority-owned bank.
The City closed the bridge and began the
$3.2 million rehabilitation project in summer 2005. The concrete arch
structure
was replaced with a three-span bridge with retaining walls, improved
pedestrian
access and form liners.
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