Clays Ferry Bridge

The Clay's Ferry Bridge replaced an older road bridge of the same name in 1946. The Old Clay's Ferry Bridge is a series of two Warren truss structures constructed in 1869. After the State of Kentucky purchased it, the bridge was made part of the alignment of US 25 in 1929.[1][2] Prior to 1869, service across the Kentucky was provided by ferry.[3]

The first high-level bridge across the Kentucky River was completed in 1946, carrying two lanes of traffic (one northbound, one southbound).[4] It was 280 feet (85 m) above the river level and was the tallest bridge east of the Mississippi after completion,[5] with a total length of 1,736 feet (529 m).[3] In 1963, a twin bridge was completed just south of the existing bridge and traffic ran in two lanes in each direction, with each span made one-way. Plans were announced in 1989 to build a third bridge to span the gap between the two older bridges; it was completed in 1998 and traffic now runs on a single deck in six lanes total (three lanes in each direction) with full shoulders. Each northbound/southbound roadway is 60 feet (18 m) wide, and total traffic over the bridge was 75,000 vehicles per day in 2015.[4]

• "Clay's Ferry Bridge: Fayette County, Kentucky, and Madison County, Kentucky". Bridgehunter. Retrieved 6 September 2018.