George Rogers Clark Memorial Bridge | |
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Coordinates | 38°15′49″N 85°45′05″W / 38.26361°N 85.75139°W |
Carries | 4 lanes of US 31 |
Crosses | Ohio River |
Locale | Louisville, Kentucky, and Jeffersonville, Indiana |
Other name(s) | Second Street Bridge |
Named for | George Rogers Clark |
Maintained by | Kentucky Transportation Cabinet |
Preceded by | John F. Kennedy Memorial Bridge |
Followed by | Fourteenth Street (L&I) Bridge |
Characteristics | |
Design | Cantilever bridge |
Material | Steel |
Pier construction | granite backed by concrete |
Total length | 5,746.5 ft (1,751.5 m) |
Width | 38.0 ft (11.6 m) |
No. of spans | 7 |
Piers in water | 6 |
Clearance below | 72.6 ft (22.1 m) at middle of channel span when river is at pool stage, or "normal" level |
History | |
Designer | Ralph Modjeski and Frank M. Masters |
Constructed by | Vang Construction Company (piers) and American Bridge Company (superstructure) |
Construction start | June 30, 1928 (first caisson launched) |
Construction cost | $4.8 million |
Opened | October 31, 1929 |
Location | |
Louisville Municipal Bridge, Pylons and Administration Building | |
Built | 1928 |
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Architect | Multiple |
Architectural style | Art Deco, Warren through truss |
NRHP reference No. | 84001578[1] |
Added to NRHP | March 8, 1984 |
The George Rogers Clark Memorial Bridge, known locally as the Second Street Bridge, is a four-lane cantilevered truss bridge crossing the Ohio River between Louisville, Kentucky, and Jeffersonville, Indiana, that carries US 31.