Paducah Bridge
Facts
- Overview
- Two-span tied-arch bridge on Interstate 24 over the Ohio River between Paducah, KY, and Metropolis, IL
- Location
- McCracken County, Kentucky, and Massac County, Illinois
- Status
- Open to four lanes of traffic
- History
- Built 1973
- Design
- Steel through arch. Two main arch spans: a southern 730 foot span and a northern 630 foot span. 17 continuous stringer approach spans.
- Dimensions
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Length of largest span: 729.8 ft.
Total length: 5,632.4 ft. (1.1 mi.)
Deck width: 60.0 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 16.8 ft.
- 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)
- Quadrangle map:
- Metropolis
- Average daily traffic (as of 2014)
- 32,440
- Inventory numbers
- KY 073-B00100N (Kentucky bridge number)
BH 18895 (Bridgehunter.com ID) - Inspection report (as of March 2015)
- Overall condition: Fair
Superstructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Deck condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 71.1 (out of 100)
View more at BridgeReports.com
Update Log
- January 14, 2019: New photo from Melissa Brand-Welch
- September 15, 2016: New photos from Jack Schmidt
- May 9, 2015: New video from Tomas C
- July 10, 2014: New photos from Andrew Raker
- July 6, 2010: Updated by Nathan Holth: This is not the Irvin S. Cobb Bridge. Fixed name.
- April 8, 2010: New Street View added by James Baughn
- March 14, 2010: Updated by Bill Eichelberger: Added Google Street View.
- February 23, 2010: Updated by Kim Harvey: merged data with NBI
- January 9, 2006: Posted photo from Bill Burmaster
Sources
- Bill Burmaster
- Kim Harvey
- Bill Eichelberger
- Nathan Holth
- Andrew Raker
- Jack Schmidt - jjturtle [at] earthlink [dot] net
- Melissa Brand-Welch - melissabrandwelch [at] msn [dot] com
Comments
Illinois maintains the bridge as they own it.
Why does IDOT do the maintenance on the I-24 bridge at Paducah? Appears to me the bridge is almost wholly in Kentucky.
THE BRIDGE ON TNE BROOKPORT,IL.SIDE IS CALLED TNE IRVING COBB BRIDGE.ON THE METRPOLIS SIDE IS THE I-24 BRIDGE.THE I-24 BRIDGE IS THE BETTER BRIDGE TO CROSS.
THE BRIDGE ON TNE BROOKPORT,IL.SIDE IS CALLED TNE IRVING COBB BRIDGE.ON THE METRPOLIS SIDE IS THE I-24 BRIDGE.THE I-24 BRIDGE IS THE BETTER BRIDGE TO CROSS.
In reference to Bill Belt and cmatt, I grew up in Brookport and Metropolis and can say that this is correct. The "Brookport Bridge" is officially named the Irvin S. Cobb Bridge. The bridge over Interstate 24 is, as far as I know, is simply named the I-24 Bridge.
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
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.
Unless I'm mistaken I believe the Brookport Bridge over the Ohio is the Irvin S. Cobb...not the I-24 bridge.
This page's URL is http://bridgehunter.com/ky/mccracken/paducah/
Our company recently did some work on this bridge. The story that we were told was that KY DOT paid to have the bridge built back in the 70's. In turn IDOT was responsible for maintaining it.