This is a complete list of current bridges and other crossings of the Cumberland River from the Ohio River near Smithland upstream through northern Tennessee to the split into Martins Fork and Clover Fork near Baxter, in Harlan County, Kentucky.
Image | Crossings | Carries | Location | Coordinates |
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Smithland Bridge | US 60 | Smithland, Kentucky | 37°08′54″N88°23′58″W / 37.148472°N 88.399526°W | |
Interstate 24 Bridge (Livingston-Lyon County Line) | I-24 | Lake City and Kuttawa | 37°03′36″N88°13′04″W / 37.060025°N 88.217885°W | |
Unnamed road bridge | US 62 | Grand Rivers and Kuttawa | 37°01′49″N88°13′37″W / 37.030391°N 88.227020°W | |
Unnamed railroad bridge | Paducah and Louisville Railroad | |||
Barkley Dam | Lake Barkley and Grand Rivers | 37°01′15″N88°13′24″W / 37.020696°N 88.223335°W | ||
Lake Barkley Bridge | US 68 / KY 80 | Land Between the Lakes and Canton | 36°48′00″N87°58′39″W / 36.799975°N 87.977536°W | |
Crossings | Carries | Location | Coordinates | |
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McMillans Ferry | KY 214 | Otia (Monroe County) | ||
Hugh E. Spear Memorial Bridge | KY 61 | Burkesville | 36°44′47″N85°22′19″W / 36.746313°N 85.371953°W | |
Cumberland County Veterans Memorial Bridge | KY 90 | Burkesville | ||
Wolf Creek Dam | US 127 | Lake Cumberland | ||
The Housebout Capital of the World Bridge | KY 90 | Bronston | ||
Unnamed road bridge | US 27 / KY 90 | Burnside | ||
Unnamed rail bridge | Norfolk Southern Railway CNO&TP North District | Burnside | ||
Edward M. Gatliff Memorial Bridge | KY 90 | Cumberland Falls State Resort Park | ||
Unnamed road bridge | KY 204 | |||
Croley Bend Bridge | I-75 | Williamsburg | ||
Edgar "Bud" Philpot Memorial Bridge | KY 296 west | Williamsburg | ||
Unnamed road bridge | KY 296 east | Williamsburg | ||
Unnamed railroad bridge | CSX Transportation KD Subdivision | Williamsburg | ||
Unnamed road bridge | US 25W | Williamsburg | ||
Yaden Bridge | KY 904 | Yaden | ||
Louden Bridge | KY 1064 (Louden Bridge-Dixie Road) | Louden | ||
Unnamed road bridge | KY 92 | |||
Unnamed road bridge | KY 779 | |||
Unnamed road bridge | KY 1530 | |||
Barbourville Bridge | KY 11 | Barbourville | ||
Old Railroad Lane Bridge | Old Railroad Lane | Artemus | ||
Artemus Bridge | KY 225 | Artemus | ||
Flat Lick Bridge | US 25E | Flat Lick | ||
Unnamed road bridge | US 25E | Flat Lick and Fourmile | ||
Unnamed road bridge | US 25E | Tinsley and Fourmile | ||
William Lloyd Muncy, Jr. Memorial Bridge | KY 2014 | Fourmile | 36°47′32″N83°44′35″W / 36.792190°N 83.743070°W | |
E.J. Farris Memorial Bridge | KY 2015 (Tennessee Avenue) | Pineville | ||
Pine Street Bridge | KY 66 | Pineville | ||
Joan Asher Cawood Bridge | US 119 | Wasioto | ||
Unnamed road bridge | KY 1344 | Calvin | ||
Unnamed road bridge | KY 987 | Miracle | ||
Unnamed road bridge | KY 2012 | tejay | ||
Unnamed road bridge | KY 72 | Hulen | ||
Unnamed road bridge | Saylor Creek Road | Molus | ||
Dixietown Vietnam Veterans Memorial Bridge | KY 2007 | Coldiron | ||
MSgt. James "Budd" Gordon Farmer Bridge | KY 219 | Wallins Creek | ||
Cpl. Chad B. Lewis Memorial Bridge | KY 3451 (Sutton Drive) | Dayhoit | ||
Unnamed rail bridge | CSX Transportation CV Subdivision | |||
Unnamed road bridge | Park Hill Drive | Loyall | ||
Moo Cow Curve Memorial Bridge | KY 840 | Loyall | ||
Unnamed rail bridge | CSX Transportation CV Subdivision | Baxter | ||
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