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Brookport Bridge
The
Brookport
Bridge
is a ten-span,
steel
deck
,
narrow
two-lane
truss bridge
that carries U.S.
Route 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
.