Singing Bridge

The Singing Bridge (also known as the St. Clair Street bridge[1]) is a two-lane vehicle and pedestrian bridge in Frankfort, Kentucky that is so named because of the humming sound it makes when driven over. As of 2019, the bridge carries over 5,000 vehicles per day across the Kentucky River[2] along St. Clair Street to Bridge Street, joining Downtown Frankfort with South Frankfort.

Singing Bridge
Singing Bridge (2020)
Coordinates	38.1965°N 84.8788°W / 38.1965; -84.8788
Carries	2 vehicle lanes & 2 pedestrian walkways
Crosses	Kentucky River
Locale	Frankfort, Kentucky
Begins	St. Clair Street
Ends	Bridge Street
Characteristics
Design	Pennsylvania truss
Total length	409.1 feet (124.7 m)
Width	24 feet (7.3 m)
Load limit	3 tons
Clearance above	20 feet (6.1 m)
History
Constructed by	King Bridge Company
Opened	1893
Statistics
Daily traffic	5,000 (2019)
Location

The over-400 foot long bridge is a Pennsylvania truss bridge built in 1893 by King Bridge Company, and was rehabilitated in 1956 and in 2010.[3] In 2020, the 125 year old bridge's load rating was reduced from 9 tons (1988) to 3 tons.[2][4] The bridge originally carried U.S. Route 60 (US 60) until that highway was rerouted over the nearby War Mothers Memorial Bridge.

The bridge gets its name from the humming noise it makes as vehicles travel across its open-grate steel deck, which replaced a solid flooring in 1937.[5]