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Overview: Two-span tied-arch bridge on Interstate 24 over the Ohio River between Paducah, KY, and Metropolis, IL
Status: Open to four lanes of traffic
History: Built 1973
Design: Steel through arch
Dimensions: Length of largest span: 729.8 ft.
Total length: 5,632.4 ft.
Deck width: 60.0 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 16.8 ft.
Also called: Irvin S. Cobb Bridge (official name)
Approximate latitude, longitude: +37.13379, -88.68692 (decimal degrees)
37°08'02" N, 88°41'13" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates: 16/350162/4111046 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map: Metropolis
Inventory number: BH 18895 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 04/2005): Deck condition rating: Very Good (8 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Appraisal: Not deficient
Sufficiency rating: 65.0 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2005): 26,100

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January 9, 2006: Posted photo from Bill Burmaster

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Paducah Bridge

Posted August 25, 2007, by Elaine Degner

I have been looking for any information on a double decked bridge that crossed the Mississippi and or the Ohio river . I know that you could see two other states while standing in IL . I was 10 and it was 1949 , we were in a park with tall trees and some Indian Mounds , a plantation home with a front lawn that went to the river and a slave cabin , you could look adross the river and could see the bridge .

Does any one know of a place like this ? Thank you for any help .

e-maol me at : threedfarms@netins.net

Paducah Bridge

Posted August 6, 2007, by Bill A. Belt (texaswillie [at] sbcglobal [dot] net)

Having grown up in Paducah I beleive you made a mistake on the name of the I-24 bridge. The old Brookport Bridge is the Irvin S. Cobb Bridge.

Paducah Bridge

Posted May 20, 2006, by cmatt

Unless I'm mistaken I believe the Brookport Bridge over the Ohio is the Irvin S. Cobb...not the I-24 bridge.

Paducah Bridge

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