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Brookport Bridge

 
Brookport Bridge, Brookport, IL 42002, United States of America (US 45)
 

Brookport Bridge carries a footpath over the Ohio River near to Aberdeenshire Embankment.

The Act of Parliament for the Ohio River was passed on 17 September 1816 and 37 thousand shares were sold the same day. Restoration of Wealden Inclined plane was funded by a donation from the Ohio River Society

Information about the place
Brookport Bridge is a minor waterways place on the Ohio River between Ohio - Tennessee Junction (Junction of the Ohio River with the Tennessee River) (5.96 miles to the southeast) and Mississippi - Ohio Junction (Junction of the Mississippi River with the Ohio River at Cairo (Illinois)) (57.09 miles and 3 locks to the west).
 
 
The nearest place in the direction of Mississippi - Ohio Junction is Brookport Lock No 52; 2.10 miles away.

Mooring here is unrated.

There is a bridge here which takes a dual carriageway over the canal.

 
 
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The Brookport Bridge (officially the Irvin S. Cobb Bridge) is a ten-span, steel deck (grate), narrow two-lane truss bridge that carries U.S. Route 45 (US 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.The bridge was originally built by a private company and operated as a toll bridge. The state of Kentucky subsequently purchased the bridge from its builders.

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[Brookport, Illinois] northwest. US 45 crosses the river over the Brookport Bridge, which is officially known as the "Irvin S. Cobb Bridge" in honor of author Irvin S. Cobb, who [U.S. Route 45 in Illinois] major north–south U.S. Highway that runs from the Brookport Bridge over the Ohio River at Brookport north through rural sections of eastern Illinois and [Cave-In-Rock Ferry] public river crossing available between the Brookport Bridge at Paducah, Kentucky and the Shawneetown Bridge at Old Shawneetown, Illinois. Ford's Ferry [Interstate 24 Bridge] of two road bridges connecting the Metropolis-Brookport, Illinois area with Paducah, Kentucky, with the other being the Brookport Bridge upstream to the [Southern Illinois] Shawneetown, Illinois Brookport Bridge, U.S. Route 45 at Brookport, Illinois Interstate 24 Bridge near Brookport/Metropolis Cairo Ohio River Bridge, U.S. Route [U.S. Route 45 in Kentucky] Paducah's northern border across the two-lane, metal-grate Brookport Bridge to Brookport, Illinois across the Ohio River. US 45 enters Kentucky at Fulton [List of crossings of the Ohio River] This is a complete list of current bridges and other crossings of the Ohio River from the Mississippi River at Cairo, Illinois upstream to the split into [U.S. Route 45] two-lane, metal-grate Brookport Bridge to Brookport, Illinois across the Ohio River. In the state of Illinois, U.S. 45 runs from a bridge across the Ohio River [Carrsville, Kentucky] The nearest bridges over the Ohio are the Shawneetown Bridge 36 miles (58 km) upriver at Old Shawneetown, Illinois, and the Brookport Bridge 43 miles (69 km)
 
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US 45 Ohio River 'Brookport' Bridge reopens, new restrictions added
May 6, 2019 ... PADUCAH, KY (KFVS) - The US 45 Ohio River “Brookport” Bridge reopened on Sept. 18 at noon. This is more than a month ahead of schedule.
Brookport Bridge - Wikipedia
The Brookport Bridge is a ten-span, steel deck (grate), narrow two-lane truss bridge that carries U.S. Route 45 (US 45) across the Ohio River in the U.S. states of ...
Brookport Bridge (Irvin S. Cobb Bridge) - HistoricBridges.org
Historic Truss Bridge in Brookport and Paducah Massac County, Illinois and McCracken County, Kentucky. Among historic bridges, this bridge has one of the  ...
Brookport Bridge - Bridgehunter.com
Ten-span through truss bridge on US 45 over the Ohio River at Brookport.
U.S. 45 Ohio River “Brookport” Bridge to remain closed until Nov. 1 ...
Jun 5, 2019 ... The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet says they need the extra time to do additional repairs on the bridge.
Brookport Bridge to reopen at Noon - WSIL
Oct 2, 2019 ... BROOKPORT (WSIL) — The Brookport Bridge will reopen at Noon. The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet (KYTC) announced the bridge will ...
Brookport Bridge closure turns the lights out on a local business ...
Aug 9, 2019 ... The Brookport Bridge closure is not just impacting your commute. It is causing businesses to close their doors.
Driving across the Brookport Bridge - YouTube
Dec 23, 2009 ... driving across the Brookport bridge from Paducah to Metropolis.
Continued closure of Brookport Bridge affecting buinesses | | WPSD ...
Aug 9, 2019 ... Brookport Bridge closure turns the lights out on a local business. The Brookport Bridge closure is not just impacting your commute. It is causing ...
U.S. 45 Ohio River “Brookport” Bridge Work Nearing Completion ...
Sep 18, 2019 ... A $400000 maintenance and repair project on the U.S. 45 Ohio River “Brookport” Bridge in Paducah is nearing completion.