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— KEITH MYERS/Kansas City Star Except during a few annual paddling events, the confluence of the Missouri and Kansas rivers at Kaw Point Park is generally unoccupied. Last month, a kayaker paddled from the point in Kansas City, Kan., up the Kansas, or Kaw, River.
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— KEITH MYERS/Kansas City Star The Woodswether Pedestrian Bridge, under I-70’s Lewis and Clark Viaduct, spans the Kansas River near its confluence with the Missouri and features river-themed artwork.
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— KEITH MYERS/Kansas City Star Brothers Aaron Smith, 10, left, and Bethel Glin, 6, look out from Kaw Point in Kansas City, Kan., toward Kansas City’s skyline.
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— KEITH MYERS/Kansas City Star The soaring overlook of the Town of Kansas Bridge at the end of Main Street offers long views of the Missouri River downtown.
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— KEITH MYERS/Kansas City Star The view east from the Town of Kansas Bridge includes the ASB Railroad Bridge.
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— KEITH MYERS/Kansas City Star A silhouette sculpture of explorers Meriwether Lewis and William Clark marks the tip of Kaw Point.
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— KEITH MYERS/Kansas City Star UPS worker Ann Shaughnessy heads home after work across the Woodswether Pedestrian Bridge, part of the Riverfront Heritage Trail.
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— KEITH MYERS/Kansas City Star Walter Morris plants lizard’s tail in the new Wetlands Ecosystem Restoration Project between the Town of Kansas Bridge and the ASB Railroad Bridge.
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— KEITH MYERS/Kansas City Star The summer sun sets over the Missouri River downtown. The view includes the Hannibal and Broadway bridges.
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— KEITH MYERS/Kansas City Star Friends Jesse Bueno of Liberty, left, and Mike Ortiz of Kansas City enjoy a Missouri River fishing excursion at Riverfront Park.
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— KEITH MYERS/Kansas City Star A barge plies the Missouri River near downtown.
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Lights from the Hannibal Bridge which carries trains over the Missouri River and the Broadway Bridge reflected off the Missouri River at sunset. This view is from the overlook at the foot of Main Street.
