Brookport Bridge

Brookport Bridge
Brookport Bridge
Coordinates	37°06′53″N 88°37′45″W / 37.11465°N 88.62915°WCoordinates: 37°06′53″N 88°37′45″W / 37.11465°N 88.62915°W
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)
Load limit	15 short tons (13,607.8 kg)
Clearance above	14.1 ft (4.3 m)
History
Construction end	1929
Location
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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.^[1]

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.^{[citation needed]}