This story has been around for about a year but here's an update with better pix and more interview quotes from local public radio . . . First the background . . .
It was built in 1912, before the era of oversized trucks. Since 2020, some 40 trucks have collided with the bridge, according to police. That’s despite street signs to warn drivers, and a new alert system installed this year.
Now, four new murals created by local artists will help transform Kansas City's infamous truck-eating bridge into a work of art.
Read more via www.TonysKansasCity.com link . . .
New murals on Independence Avenue Bridge celebrate its truck-destroying infamy
Venus flytraps, purple monsters and giant hippos torment trucks in a new set of murals that have taken shape on Kansas City's most infamous span.
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