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Henderson Bridge

Henderson County, Kentucky, and Vanderburgh County, Indiana
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Photo taken by J.P. in December 0000

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Overview
Through truss bridge over the Ohio River on CSX Railroad in Henderson
Location
Henderson, Henderson County, Kentucky, and Vanderburgh County, Indiana
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1932 by the American Bridge Co. , replacing an earlier 1885 bridge
Builder
- American Bridge Co. of New York
Design
Five-span polygonal Warren through truss
Dimensions
Total length: 12,123.0 ft. (2.3 mi.)
Also called
Louisville & Nashville Railroad Bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude
+37.84664, -87.59927   (decimal degrees)
37°50'48" N, 87°35'57" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
16/447276/4188968 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map
Henderson
Inventory number
BH 36154 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

American Bridge Co. (463)
Built 1932 (730)
Built during 1930s (8,575)
CSX Railroad (583)
Have street view (10,035)
Henderson County, Kentucky (7)
Henderson, Kentucky (2)
Indiana (3,350)
Kentucky (676)
Ohio River (95)
Open (28,454)
 Over a mile long (194)
Owned by railroad (4,120)
Polygonal Warren through truss (297)
Polygonal Warren truss (726)
Railroad (4,223)
State line crossing (515)
Through truss (9,254)
Total length over 2500 feet (595)
Truss (23,615)
Vanderburgh County, Indiana (35)
Warren truss (3,959)

Update Log 

  • October 1, 2011: New photos from James Baughn
  • July 18, 2011: New photos from Ed Hollowell
  • April 9, 2010: New Street View added by Nathan Holth
  • November 16, 2009: New photos from J.P.

Sources 

  • J.P. - wildcatjon2000 [at] gmail [dot] com
  • Nathan Holth
  • Ed Hollowell - erhollowell [at] aol [dot] com
  • James Baughn - webmaster [at] bridgehunter [dot] com
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Henderson Bridge
Posted October 27, 2012, by Keith Todd (ktodd [at] vci [dot] net)

Additional history info is at http://www.hendersonkyhistory.com/BridgeBoom.htm