Brookport Bridge Status-OPEN
Live status of the US45 (Irvin S Cobb) bridge connecting Paducah, Kentucky to Brookport, Illinois
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History
The Brookport Bridge is a ten-span, steel deck, narrow two-lane truss bridge that carries U.S. Route 45 across the Ohio River in the U.S. states of Illinois and Kentucky. It connects Paducah, Kentucky north to Brookport, Illinois..
The bridge is named after Irvin S. Cobb, an author and journalist who was born in Paducah.
Built in 1929 By Builder/Contractor: Wisconsin Bridge and Iron Company of Milwaukee, Wisconsin and Engineer/Design: Harrington, Howard, and Ash of Kansas City, Missouri
