General Information
| Other name(s): | Brookport Bridge |
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| Completion: | 1929 |
| Status: | in use |
Project Type
| Function / usage: |
Road bridge |
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| Structure: |
Parker type truss bridge Through truss bridge |
| Material: |
Steel bridge |
| Support conditions: |
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| Structure: |
main span: Subdivided Warren truss bridge |
Location
| Location: |
Paducah, McCracken County, Kentucky, USA Brookport, Massac County, Illinois, USA |
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| Crosses: |
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| Coordinates: | 37° 6' 57" N 88° 37' 44" W |
| Coordinates: | 37° 6' 54.25" N 88° 37' 44.18" W |
Technical Information
Dimensions
| main span | 216.7 m | |
| width | 6.0 m | |
| total length | 1 641.6 m | |
| number of lanes | 2 |
Materials
| piers |
reinforced concrete
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| truss |
steel
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Excerpt from Wikipedia
The Brookport Bridge (officially the Irvin S. Cobb Bridge) is a ten-span, steel deck (grate), narrow two-lane truss bridge that carries U.S. Route 45 (US 45) across the Ohio River in the U.S. states of Illinois and Kentucky. It connects Paducah, Kentucky, north to Brookport, Illinois.
The bridge is named after Irvin S. Cobb, an author and journalist who was born in Paducah. The bridge was originally built by a private company and operated as a toll bridge. The state of Kentucky subsequently purchased the bridge from its builders.
The bridge is notoriously difficult to cross, due to its very narrow lanes and steel grate deck. It is restricted to vehicles less than 8 feet (2.4 m) in width and 9 feet 6 inches (2.90 m) in height, preventing most commercial vehicles from using the bridge. The nearby Interstate 24 Bridge can be used instead.
Text imported from Wikipedia article "Brookport Bridge" and modified on December 7, 2023 according to the CC-BY-SA 4.0 International license.
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20009512 - Published on:
27/06/2003 - Last updated on:
07/05/2024
