General Information
| Other name(s): | Kentucky Lake US 68 Bridge; Tennessee River US 68 Bridge |
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| Completion: | 1932 |
| Status: | in use |
Project Type
| Function / usage: |
Road bridge |
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| Structure: |
Through truss bridge |
| Support conditions: |
for registered users |
| Material: |
Steel bridge |
| Structure: |
Pratt type truss bridge Parker type truss bridge |
| Material: |
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Location
| Location: |
Marshall County, Kentucky, USA Trigg County, Kentucky, USA |
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| Address: | U.S. Route 68 / KY Route 80 |
| Crosses: |
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| Replaced by: |
Eggner's Ferry Bridge (2016)
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| Coordinates: | 36° 46' 19.85" N 88° 7' 13.65" W |
Technical Information
Dimensions
| main span | 112.17 m | |
| total length | 1 065.31 m | |
| deck width | 6.1 m |
Chronology
| 10 July 1943 | Because of the construction of Kentucky Dam and the resulting lake that would otherwise overflow the bridge, the road is closed for five months. In this time the structure is sufficiently raised to keep the existing bridge. |
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Participants
Currently there is no information available about persons or companies having participated in this project.
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20043353 - Published on:
03/02/2009 - Last updated on:
13/11/2021
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