Photos
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Portals Photos taken 2005 by Chris Light |
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Driving across |
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Bridges after Rehabilitation in 2008 Photo taken by J.P. in March 2009 |
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Looking South Photo taken by James McCray |
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Between the Bridges Photo taken by James McCray |
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Closeup of Southbound Truss Photo taken by James McCray |
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Closeup of Northbound Truss Photo taken by James McCray |
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Both Trusses Photo taken by James McCray |
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Deck View (Northbound Truss) Photo taken by James McCray |
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From a Distance Photo taken by James McCray |
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Closeup of Both Trusses Photo taken by James McCray |
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Closeup of Northbound Truss Photo taken by James McCray |
Facts
- Overview
- Pair of cantilevered through truss bridges over the Ohio River on US 41. Rehabilitated 2008
- Location
- Henderson County, Kentucky
- Status
- Open to traffic
- History
- Northbound bridge built 1932; southbound built 1965
- Design
- Cantilevered through truss
- Dimensions
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Length of largest span: 720.0 ft.
Total length: 5,393.6 ft.
Deck width: 29.8 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 19.8 ft.
- Recognition
- Eligible for the National Register of Historic Places
- Also called
- John James Audubon Bridge (official name)
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +37.90417, -87.55056 (decimal degrees)
37°54'15" N, 87°33'02" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 16/451599/4195325 (zone/easting/northing)
- USGS topographic map
- Evansville South
- Inventory number
- BH 18816 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
- Inspection (as of 09/2007)
- Deck condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 78.0 (out of 100) - Average daily traffic (as of 2007)
- 36,000
Update Log
- March 31, 2009: New photos from James McCray
- March 29, 2009: New photo from J.P.
- August 21, 2006: Posted photos from Chris Light
Sources
- Chris Light - CJKADJ [at] juno [dot] com
- J.P. - wildcatjon2000 [at] gmail [dot] com
- James McCray - jamesinslocomb [at] yahoo [dot] com
Comments
My grandfather, AV Burch Sr lobbied for many years and finally was successful after being appointed to the Indiana highway commission, in getting the State of Indiana and Kentucky to construct the bridge from Evansville to Henerson. The complaint from Kentucky was that their residents would cross the bridge to shop and spend money in Evansville.
We used to call these the "singing" bridges. They used to have some sort of metal links for the road bed and made a funny sound when you drove over them.
But the metal is gone and now it has a concrete roadbed.