Glover Cary Bridge
Facts
- Overview
- Through truss bridge over Ohio River on IN 161 (formerly US 231) at downtown Owensboro in Owensboro
- Status
- Open to two-lane traffic
- History
- Opened Sept. 1940; made obsolete in 2002 by the William H. Natcher Bridge
- Design
- Cantilevered through truss
- Dimensions
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Length of largest span: 750.8 ft.
Total length: 4,622.8 ft.
Deck width: 22.0 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 14.4 ft.
- Also called
- Owensboro Bridge
Blue Bridge (unofficial nickname) - Approximate latitude, longitude
- +37.78083, -87.10917 (decimal degrees)
37°46'51" N, 87°06'33" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Inventory number
- BH 18758 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
- Inspection (as of 11/2005)
- Deck condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Appraisal: Functionally obsolete
Sufficiency rating: 43.2 (out of 100) - Average daily traffic (as of 2004)
- 8,003