Shawneetown Bridge

Shawneetown Bridge
Coordinates	37°41′28″N 88°07′53″W / 37.69111°N 88.13139°W / 37.69111; -88.13139Coordinates: 37°41′28″N 88°07′53″W / 37.69111°N 88.13139°W / 37.69111; -88.13139
Carries	Kentucky Route 56/Illinois Route 13
Crosses	Ohio River
Locale	Old Shawneetown, Illinois and Union County, Kentucky
Official name	Earle C. Clements Bridge
Characteristics
Design	Cantilevered truss bridge
Total length	3,200.2 feet (975.4 m)
Width	23.9 feet (7.3 m)
Longest span	825.1 feet (251.5 m)
Clearance above	19.0 feet (5.8 m)
History
Opened	1955
Statistics
Daily traffic	2,800
Location

The Earle C. Clements Bridge, commonly known as the Shawneetown Bridge, is a cantilever truss bridge carrying Kentucky Route 56 and Illinois Route 13 across the Ohio River. Clements was a former governor of Kentucky. The bridge connects Old Shawneetown, Illinois, to rural Union County, Kentucky. Opened in 1955, it is the only highway bridge over the Ohio between Paducah, Kentucky, and Evansville, Indiana.

The Shawneetown Bridge was featured in a scene in the film U.S. Marshals. The film's crash scene was filmed several miles downstream in Pope County, Illinois.

External links[]

• Historic Bridges of the U.S. - Shawneetown Bridge

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