Shawneetown Bridge

Shawneetown Bridge
Coordinates	37°41′28″N 88°07′53″W
Carries	IL 13 / KY 56
Crosses	Ohio River
Locale	Old Shawneetown, Illinois and Union County, Kentucky
Official name	Earle C. Clements Bridge
Maintained by	Kentucky Transportation Cabinet
Characteristics
Design	Cantilevered truss bridge
Total length	3,200.2 feet (975.4 m)
Width	23.9 feet (7.3 m)
Longest span	825.1 feet (251.5 m)
Clearance above	19.0 feet (5.8 m)
History
Opened	1955
Statistics
Daily traffic	2,800
Location

The Earle C. Clements Bridge, commonly known as the Shawneetown Bridge, is a cantilever truss bridge carrying Kentucky Route 56 and Illinois Route 13 across the Ohio River. Clements was governor of Kentucky in 1947–50 and U.S. senator in 1950–56. The bridge connects Old Shawneetown, Illinois, to rural Union County, Kentucky, where Clements was born, raised and held local office. Opened in 1955, it is the only highway bridge over the Ohio between Paducah, Kentucky, and Evansville, Indiana. Tolls were removed from the bridge June 30, 1978.

The Shawneetown Bridge was featured in a scene in the film U.S. Marshals. The film's crash scene was filmed several miles downstream in Pope County, Illinois.

External links

• Historic Bridges of the U.S. - Shawneetown Bridge