Irvin S. Cobb Bridge

Irvin S. Cobb Bridge

Irvin S. Cobb Bridge.  Some people call it Danger Bridge.  Okay, so maybe we're the only ones who call it Danger Bridge.  Beautiful bridge, but it reminds me of the Scream Machine at the Atlanta Six Flags.  Not a comparison you want to make to a bridge you're crossing in the early morning fog while trying to get to the interstate from Paducah, KY backroads. This bridge reopened back in September of this year after being closed for approximately four months for repairs and modifications.  The modifications were to restrict width and weight of vehicles using the bridge...mainly to stop illegal truck traffic.  Eric and I shudder to think of what encountering an 18-wheeler or a farm tractor on that bridge would be like...

"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." (Wikipedia)

It's short closure had an economic impact:

Brookport Bridge closure turns the lights out on a local business