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War Mothers Memorial Bridge
Coordinates	38°11′50″N 84°52′27″W / 38.19722°N 84.87417°W / 38.19722; -84.87417
Carries	3 lanes (2 northbound, 1 southbound) of US 60/KY 420
Crosses	Kentucky River
Locale	Frankfort, Kentucky
Other name(s)	Capital Avenue Bridge
Characteristics
Design	box girder bridge
Total length	705.1 feet (214.9 m)
Width	44.6 feet (13.6 m)
Clearance above	None
Clearance below	4.3 feet (1.3 m)
History
Opened	1938
Statistics
Daily traffic	12,900 (2009)
Location

The War Mothers Memorial Bridge is a box girder bridge that carries US 60 and KY 420 across the Kentucky River in Frankfort, Kentucky. The bridge carries approximately 12,900 cars per day as of 2009. The bridge was built in 1938. At some point, US 60 was shifted from the Singing Bridge just downstream to the War Mothers Memorial Bridge. This bridge connects Frankfort to the Kentucky State Capitol.

See also

• Transport portal
• Engineering portal
• United States portal
• List of crossings of the Kentucky River

References

1. "War Mothers Memorial Bridge, a War Memorial". www.hmdb.org. Retrieved 2024-10-07.

Bridges of the Kentucky River
Upstream East-West Connector Bridge War Mothers Memorial Bridge Downstream Singing Bridge Bridge Street

• U.S. Route 60
• Bridges of the United States Numbered Highway System
• Road bridges in Kentucky
• Transportation in Franklin County, Kentucky
• Buildings and structures in Frankfort, Kentucky
• Bridges completed in 1938
• Bridges over the Kentucky River
• 1938 establishments in Kentucky
• Box girder bridges in the United States