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Very frightening bridge Not for people that have panic attacks 😳

That bridge was state of the art when it was built. A paved surface would be too heavy for the trusses to support. Everybody would whine, and piss and moan about the tax money it would cost to replace it. so just leave well enough alone.

This bridge, besides having narrow lanes, has two lanes going in opposite directions. If someone is driving very slowly they could hold up traffic in that direction. There is also no breakdown lane and it is also a fairly length span. The bridge also seems fairly high over the Ohio River. All these factors, and the fact that its a metal mesh roadway so you can see the river below through the roadway, would make it a challenge for bridge-phobic people. On the other hand, it is basically flat and would make experience less scary than say, the steep, rollercoaster-like grade of the Rainbow Bridge in Texas.

i saw the Illinois sign, but not the Kentucky sign.

That's a long effin' bridge. Never had the pleasure

Portland have a bridge with a steel grate and that’s scary. I can imagine this bridge. It’s much longer.

I couldn't imagine driving over that in snowy or especially icy conditions.

Enjoyed the video. My son and his family drove over it and sent me a video.

I have been across this bridge about 4 times in my life its is nerve racking to cross my only problem I had it drivers pulling trailers, campers, and boats and people with their headlight not adjusted right.

aw so cute!

Oh man I wonder what it would be like to live in a world where you paid the toll on the bridge, until the bridge was paid for. Nowadays, the government makes minimum payments on the money they borrowed to build the bridge, and then they charge a toll in perpetuity, and no one knows where most of that money goes.

Im going in a week

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My Family home of Ed Atkins my Grand Father was John Atkins

I’ve been over the Brookport bridge a lot and it’s kind of creepy at night 4:55

When we ventured through Paducah coming up from the southwest, we crossed one river then took a sharp left (?) and soon crossed another river. Where would that have happened ?

Tilghman was no hero. He fought for and supported slavery. He died from dysentery which was a common ailment during the Civil war. A more fitting death could not have presented itself to such a venomous human. Paducah would serve itself well by not recognizing such filth.

I grew up in Metropolis. My Father and I went up the spiral staircase once and went to the top. This was in the late 90's , even then the staircase was rusted and some steps were missing requiring one to climb the center shaft. I also went back to photograph it just recently, if you look on the right side/rear you'll see a rope tied from the lower roof to the first window, Seems someone climbed it recently

Whose idea to put steel grading on the whole bridge in the first place?

Crossed this bridge on my Harley Davidson. Man it was nerve racking!! Just have to remain calm and focused, I thought it was never going to end. Glad I did it though will admit I avoided it on the way back home. Can imagine at night it being worse or bad weather...

What in the actual f

Some say they are ugly, others say they are cute. One of nature's contradictions.

I have some of the original 1940s Illinois Central Railroad Spikes

Nice treehouse cabin! I could live in they! 😊

Great video... I made a stop out to this cemetery a while back to pay my respects. ua-cam.com/users/shabbytrick #ExploreMore #ShabbyTrick #RoadTripper #RoadsideAmerica #TombstoneTourist #RoadsideAttractions

Greetings from Ireland

Might want to invest in some anti critter trash cans.

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the creepiest bridge in American society fear that which is the creature below the Paducah bridge haunted in evening darkness Paducah Kentucky is coming to get you you have been inexplicably warned.

hes not ugly, look at him. tiny little guy i love him

I have only driven on the 24....but i remember seeing this bridge off in the distance. It has been a few years since but I can see it now in my mind. And there isn't much in there anyways, so, what the eff, aye?

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I went there today

Hello JC enjoyed the ride with you I am from mumbai, india as for me there is no way I can come to America for a practical ride by myself.

My parents often passed through this area as we drove from Clarksville, TN to St. Louis to visit my grandparents. Sometime in the late 70s or early 80s, they closed the I-24 bridge for about 6 months for paving and repairs. This bridge was the designated detour. Imagine having to cross this thing with that amount of traffic and all of those trucks. As a kid, I was terrified of the noise and of the car wobbling from going across the steel deck, and it’s this bridge that makes me dread driving on steel deck bridges to this day.

Be sorry if you had too go to the bathroom

The covered area (to the side of the 2-track main line) was the place where hopper cars filled with coal would be dumped; coal would then be transported by a bucket system to the top of the coal bin, then loaded by gravity into the tenders of steam locomotives.

716 feet long? Just by watching this video Its obvious that the bridge is FAR longer than that. I looked it up. It's 5,385.8 feet long! That's over one mile! Even the span over the river is many times longer than 716 feet. In fact, each section of the bridge is over 700 feet and there are many sections. What were you thinking? You would cross a 716 ft. bridge in a matter of seconds. How could you look at the bridge, let alone drive over it and say it's only 716 feet long? Where did you get such a goofy number?

This video also goes to show how bad of drivers here are in the area. You captured 2 driving infractions the first was the car that ran the stop sign on the Illinois side in Brookport(@2:29) and the second was the car passing in a no passing zone coming from Illinois into kentucky. (@4:58) the way people drive in this area is terrible.

Awe it's not oogly, it's like getting visited by the holy good fortune and prosperity trashcat. So sweet💕

Steel grating is used for bridge decking to mitigate the stress put on the bridge from winds,snow & ice. I suspect if the original bridge decking was concrete it was replaced with the grids for too reasons. The first was deteriorating concrete. Cheaper for dteel& upkeep reasons. The second was the Tacoma Narrows bridge in Washington state( galloping Girdy). That bridge collapsed due to twisting & flexing from winds. That bridge had a solid surface deck & no steel. My state, Michigan, has the Mackinac bridge. 5 miles long, connecting our 2 peninsulas. It has 4 lanes, 2 which are steel decking( grid). This grid was for wind factors, snow & ice. No one likes to grave it either. The humming sound, the weaving of the tires while driving on it & the ability to look through it( 250", straight down).

i drove across this once a few years ago. felt and looked like it needs to be put out of it's misery. glad I don't live in these crappy parts of the country. so depressing.

I crossed this this bridge before tonight, but this time I was driving a dually with a 48 foot enclosed car trailer. Sketchy is an understatement. I’m 8’ 6”wide and 9‘6“ tall, 66’ long. About two inches clearance on the passenger side and over the line on the left doesn’t leave much room for error, then you’ve got the tire squirm that is moving you aside to side. Honestly, not a fan, but it got me a across the River when a wreck had 24 closed up.

It wasn't always made of steel mesh. It was silver and had regular pavement. I remember when they redid it and put the mesh in. I was a kid, but I think they said it was supposed to make it less dangerous in winter, as I recall.

I've been crossing that bridge since 1964 and I'm pretty sure it wasn't originally grate. Anyone know for sure?

I cross it every week...on my way to thrive...

I grew up in Paducah. Dad told me back when he was a teen there was a man that lived in Brookport and worked in Paducah. He wouldn’t drive it so he kept a car at each end and hitch hiked across. He would close his eyes and hold his feet off the floor board going across. My sister does that foot thing too.

I grew up here and before the new bridge was open it was the only bridge you could take to Paducah, part my Driver's Ed test was going over this bridge. Thank you for sharing.