The Brookport Bridge (officially the Paducah-Brookport Bridge 1929–43, and the Irvin S. Cobb Bridge since 1943) 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.
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
9 ft 6 in (2.9 m)
History
Construction end
1929
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