Brookport Bridge

Brookport Bridge
Brookport Bridge
	300px
Coordinates	Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
Carries	2 lanes of US 45
Crosses	Ohio River
Locale	Paducah, KY and Brookport, IL
Official name	Irvin S. Cobb Bridge
Characteristics
Design	Truss bridge
Total length	5,385.8 ft (1,641.6 m)
Width	19.7 ft (6.0 m)
Longest span	711.0 ft (216.7 m)
Clearance above	14.1 ft (4.3 m)
History
Construction end	1929

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 across the Ohio River in the U.S. states of Illinois and Kentucky. It runs from Paducah, Kentucky north to Brookport, Illinois.^[1]

The bridge is named after Irvin S. Cobb, an author and journalist who was born in Paducah.

References

This article relating to U.S. Highways is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

This article about a bridge in Illinois is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

This article about a bridge in Kentucky is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

Brookport Bridge
300px
Coordinates	Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
Carries	2 lanes of US 45
Crosses	Ohio River
Locale	Paducah, KY and Brookport, IL
Official name	Irvin S. Cobb Bridge
Characteristics
Design	Truss bridge
Total length	5,385.8 ft (1,641.6 m)
Width	19.7 ft (6.0 m)
Longest span	711.0 ft (216.7 m)
Clearance above	14.1 ft (4.3 m)
History
Construction end	1929