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Overview

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Southern End

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Southen Approach Ramp

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Deck View (Looking North)

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Oblique View (Western Face of Bridge)

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Main Span

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Northern Approach Details

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Bridge Plaques

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Northern End of Bridge

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Norther End Approach Ramp Details

One can see in the distance the truss section of the bridge. The bridge curves a little to the right before the truss if one is crossing the bridge from the north.

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Northern End of Bridge

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Map

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Facts

Overview: Through truss bridge over Ohio River on IN 161 (formerly US 231) at downtown Owensboro in Owensboro
Status: Open to two-lane traffic
History: Opened Sept. 1940; made obsolete in 2002 by the William H. Natcher Bridge
Design: Cantilevered through truss
Dimensions: Length of largest span: 750.8 ft.
Total length: 4,622.8 ft.
Deck width: 22.0 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 14.4 ft.
Also called: Owensboro Bridge
Blue Bridge (unofficial nickname)
Approximate latitude, longitude: +37.78083, -87.10917 (decimal degrees)
37°46'51" N, 87°06'33" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Inventory number: BH 18758 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection
Average daily traffic (as of 2005): 11,484

Update Log

May 28, 2008: New photos from James McCray

Sources

Wikipedia
James McCray - jamesinslocomb [at] yahoo [dot] com

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