Kansas City business and government leaders announced plans Thursday, November 12, for a OneKC Roof on the Rock Island Bridge, casting it as a symbol of the regional development partnership across the state line.
Officials expect the roof finished next spring, FOX4 reported. The bridge already in place is a two-level entertainment center about 60 feet over the Kansas River, connecting the West Bottoms to Kansas City, Kansas, The Kansas City Star reported. Getting the public onto it took a change of owners, an estimate past the first proposal, and a 2024 finish date that didn’t hold.
Fifty Years In One Room
Thursday’s announcement came with a crowd built for an anniversary. Leaders brought 2,000 area business and civic figures together and celebrated 50 years of connections, FOX4 reported.
“This bridge connects Kansas and Missouri, and now it’s going to carry that message out to the world,” Rock Island Bridge founder and CEO Michael Zeller said…