PAL - Green River Bridge

Photos 

Photo taken by J.P. in Sept 2011

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BH Photo #214758

Map 

Street Views 

Facts 

Overview

Through truss bridge over Green River on Paducah & Louisville Railway

Location

Rockport, Muhlenberg County, Kentucky, and Ohio County, Kentucky

Status

Open to traffic

History

Replaced a 1870's Swing Bridge, Built 1931 for the Illinois Central Railroad by the Virginia Bridge Company.

Builders

- Strauss Bascule Bridge Co. of Chicago, Illinois
- Virginia Bridge Co. of Roanoke, Virginia

Railroads

- Illinois Central Railroad (IC; ICG (1972-1988))
- Paducah & Louisville Railway (PAL)

Design

Through truss
single leaf Strauss heel-trunnion bascule

Approximate latitude, longitude

+37.33165, -86.99813   (decimal degrees)
37°19'54" N, 86°59'53" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")

Approximate UTM coordinates

16/500165/4131663 (zone/easting/northing)

Quadrangle map:

Paradise

Inventory number

BH 49419 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

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Update Log 

• May 19, 2019: New Street View added by Jimmy Walters
• April 20, 2015: New photo from Adam
• September 23, 2013: New Street View added by Douglas Butler
• March 23, 2012: Updated by Nathan Holth: Fixed Builder and Design.
• November 22, 2011: Updated by J.P.: added bridge design
• September 24, 2011: Updated by J.P.: added builder
• August 27, 2011: New photo from J.P.
• August 25, 2011: Added by J.P.

Related Bridges 

• IC - Green River Bridge (Old) (Successor)

Sources 

• J.P. - wildcatjon2000 [at] gmail [dot] com
• Nathan Holth
• Douglas Butler
• Adam
• Jimmy Walters

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