Historic Bridges of the U.S. | Clark Memorial Bridge

Photo

View from a distance

Photo taken by Nathan Morton

Map

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Facts

Overview: Three-span through truss bridge over Tennessee River on US 60 in Ledbetter
Status: Open to traffic
History: Built 1931
Design: Warren through truss
Dimensions: Length of largest span: 400.0 ft.
Total length: 3,035.3 ft.
Deck width: 23.9 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 12.9 ft.
Recognition: Eligible for the National Register of Historic Places
Approximate latitude, longitude: +37.03830, -88.52902 (decimal degrees)
37°02'18" N, 88°31'44" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
USGS topographic map: Paducah East
Inventory number: BH 18893 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 05/2005): Deck condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Appraisal: Structurally deficient
Sufficiency rating: 5.6 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2004): 8,233

Update Log

February 26, 2007: Posted photo from Nathan Morton

Sources

Nathan Morton - mortons03 [at] sbcglobal [dot] net

Comments

Clark Memorial Bridge

Posted February 28, 2007, by Anonymous

I believe this bridge is scheduled for or in the process of being replaced. Reading some Kentucky news and road info there are articles on this taking place. Also I may have read that the new bridge could possibly be a modern through truss. I could be wrong if it turns out to be a boring plane girder bridge.