Crosses Ohio River Clearance above 19.0 feet (5.8 m) Total length 975 m Location Old Shawneetown Body of water Ohio River | Longest span 825.1 feet (251.5 m) Opened 1955 Width 7.28 m Bridge type Cantilever bridge | |
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Carries Kentucky Route 56/Illinois Route 13 Locale Old Shawneetown, Illinois and Union County, Kentucky Design Cantilevered truss bridge Similar Ohio River, Brookport Bridge, Sherman Minton Bridge, Bill Emerson Memorial, Cave‑in‑Rock State Park | ||
The Shawneetown Bridge is a cantilever truss bridge carrying Kentucky Route 56 and Illinois Route 13 across the Ohio River. The bridge connects Old Shawneetown, Illinois to rural Union County, Kentucky. Opened in 1955, it is the only highway bridge over the Ohio between Paducah and Evansville.
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.
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