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Photo taken June 2005 by James Adorno
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May 2008

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May 2008

Photo taken by Joe Virruso

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Facts 

Overview
Cantilevered through truss bridge over Ohio River on US 31 at Louisville
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1929; tolls removed 1946; rehabilitated 1958
Builders
- American Bridge Co. of New York (Contractor)
- Modjeski and Masters (Consulting engineers)
Design
Cantilevered through truss
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 819.6 ft.
Total length: 5,746.5 ft.
Deck width: 38.0 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 13.5 ft.
Recognition
Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on March 8, 1984
Also called
Second Street Bridge
Municipal Bridge (official name until 1949)
Approximate latitude, longitude
+38.26407, -85.75147   (decimal degrees)
38°15'51" N, 85°45'05" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Inventory number
BH 18825 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection
Average daily traffic (as of 2004)
5,504

Categories 

American Bridge Co. (64)
Built 1929 (466)
Built during 1920s (4,102)
Cantilevered truss (117)
Clark County, Indiana (16)
Functionally obsolete (5,086)
Indiana (1,591)
Jefferson County, Kentucky (33)
Kentucky (304)
Louisville, Kentucky (27)
Modjeski and Masters (4)
NR-listed (1,511)
Ohio River (62)
Open (21,735)
Over a mile long (98)
Owned by state (6,615)
Span length 500-1000 feet (238)
State line crossing (156)
Through truss (5,371)
Total length over 2500 feet (349)
Truss (16,001)
US 31 (17)

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George Rogers Clark Memorial Bridge
Posted August 15, 2007, by khaleel vineyard

I've been acrooss this bridge before. I just think they should connect it to an Interstate.

George Rogers Clark Memorial Bridge
Posted August 15, 2007, by khaleel vineyard

i've been acrooss this brige before. I wish they could connect it to the highway