This is a complete list of current bridges and other crossings of the Green River in Kentucky from the Ohio River northeast of Henderson, Kentucky upstream through to the main source in western Lincoln County.
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This is a complete list of current bridges and other crossings of the Green River in Kentucky from the Ohio River northeast of Henderson, Kentucky upstream through to the main source in western Lincoln County.
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| Crossings | Carries | Location | Coordinates |
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| Unnamed railroad bridge | CSX | Spottsville | |
| Richard W. Owen Memorial Bridge |  US 60 | Spottsville | |
| Lock and Dam No. 1 | Spottsville | ||
| Audubon Parkway bridge |   Future I-369 / Audubon Parkway | Hebbardsville Henderson-Daviess County line | |
| Corporal James B. Grisham Commemorative bridge |  KY 56 | Beech Grove Webster-McLean County line | |
| Lock and Dam No. 2 | Calhoun | ||
| Calhoun Bridge |  KY 81 | Calhoun | |
| Livermore Bridge |  US 431 | Livermore | |
| Highway 85 Bridge |  KY 85 | Island McLean-Ohio County line | |
| Rockport Bridge |  US 62 | Rockport Muhlenberg-Ohio County line | N 37° 20' 7.505" W 87° 0' 9.237" |
| P&L/IC Strauss Bridge RxR Bascule Drawbridge | Paducah and Louisville Railroad | Rockport | N 37° 19' 54.304" W 86° 59' 53.005" |
| W.K. Parkway Bridge |  Western Kentucky Parkway | Rockport | |
| Rochester Dam (Lock and Dam No. 3) | Rochester | ||
| Rochester Ferry |  KY 369 | Rochester Butler-Ohio County line | |
| Reeds Ferry |  KY 269 | Logansport | |
| Natcher Parkway Bridge |  I-165 | Logansport and Cromwell | |
| Morgantown Bridge |    US 231 / KY 70 / KY 79 | Morgantown and Aberdeen | |
| Lock and Dam No. 4 | Woodbury | ||
| Glenmore Bridge |  KY 185 | Glenmore and Reedyville Butler-Warren County line | |
| Lock and Dam No. 5 | Glenmore and Reedyville | ||
| Brownsville Bridge |  KY 70 / KY 259 | Brownsville | |
| Lock and Dam No. 6 | Brownsville | ||
| Houchins Ferry | Houchin's Ferry Road | Brownsville Mammoth Cave National Park | |
| Green River Ferry | Green River Ferry Road | Mammoth Cave National Park | |
| Interstate 65 Bridge |  I-65 | Munfordville | |
| Unnamed railroad bridge | Louisville and Nashville Railroad / CSX | Munfordville | |
| Munfordville Bridge |   US 31W / KY 88 | Munfordville | |
| Unnamed road bridge |  US 31E | Canmer and Linwood | |
| Unnamed road bridge | KY 88 | ||
| Jane Todd Crawford Memorial Bridge |   US 68 / KY 61 / KY 70 | Greensburg | |
| Highway 55 Bridge |  KY 55 | Coburg | |
| Green River Lake Dam | Green River Lake State Park | ||
| Plum Point Bridge |  KY 551 | Knifley | |
| Neatsville Bridge |  KY 206 | Neatsville | |
| Veterans Memorial Bridge | KY 70 | Liberty | |
| Unnamed road bridge |  US 127 / KY 70 | Liberty | |
| Unnamed road bridge | KY 70 | Liberty | |
| Middleburg Bridge |  KY 198 | Yosemite and Middleburg | |
The Ohio River is a 981-mile-long (1,579 km) river in the United States. It is located at the boundary of the Midwestern and Southern United States, flowing in a southwesterly direction from western Pennsylvania to its mouth on the Mississippi River at the southern tip of Illinois. It is the third largest river by discharge volume in the United States and the largest tributary by volume of the north-south flowing Mississippi River, which divides the eastern from western United States. It is also the 6th oldest river on the North American continent. The river flows through or along the border of six states, and its drainage basin includes parts of 14 states. Through its largest tributary, the Tennessee River, the basin includes several states of the southeastern U.S. It is the source of drinking water for five million people.
Warsaw is a home rule-class city in and the county seat of Gallatin County, Kentucky, United States, located along the Ohio River. The name was suggested by a riverboat captain, who was reading Thaddeus of Warsaw, by Jane Porter, when the city was being founded.
The Cumberland River is a major waterway of the Southern United States. The 688-mile-long (1,107 km) river drains almost 18,000 square miles (47,000 km2) of southern Kentucky and north-central Tennessee. The river flows generally west from a source in the Appalachian Mountains to its confluence with the Ohio River near Paducah, Kentucky, and the mouth of the Tennessee River. Major tributaries include the Obey, Caney Fork, Stones, and Red Rivers.
The Carl D. Perkins Bridge is a cantilever bridge that spans the Ohio River between Washington Township, Scioto County, Ohio and South Portsmouth, Greenup County, Kentucky. The bridge carries the two lanes of State Route 852 and Truck Route U.S. Highway 23. The bridge connects to Kentucky Route 8.
The McAlpine Locks and Dam are a set of locks and a hydroelectric dam at the Falls of the Ohio River at Louisville, Kentucky. They are located at mile point 606.8, and control a 72.9 miles (117.3 km) long navigation pool. The locks and their associated canal were the first major engineering project on the Ohio River, completed in 1830 as the Louisville and Portland Canal, designed to allow shipping traffic to navigate through the Falls of the Ohio.
The Daniel Carter Beard Bridge, is a yellow twin span steel bowstring arch bridge crossing the Ohio River in Cincinnati, Ohio. It carries Interstate 471 between Cincinnati, Ohio, and Newport, Kentucky. As to the origin of this nickname, its yellow arches are said to be similar to the "Golden Arches" logo of McDonald's restaurant. The nickname was coined by local residents after the bridge's golden arches were constructed. In the 1980s, McDonald's considered opening a floating restaurant at the base after the nickname caught on, but never went to construction. This bridge has a main span of 750 feet (230 m) and has a total span of 2,100 feet (640 m). It is named in honor of Daniel Carter Beard, the founder of the Sons of Daniel Boone and one of the founders of the Boy Scouts of America.
The Sherman Minton Bridge is a double-deck through arch bridge spanning the Ohio River, carrying I-64 and US 150 over the river between Kentucky and Indiana. The bridge connects the west side of Louisville, Kentucky to downtown New Albany, Indiana.
The Taylor–Southgate Bridge is a continuous truss bridge that was built in 1995. It has a main span of 850 feet (260 m), and a total span of 1,850 feet (560 m). The bridge carries U.S. Route 27 across the Ohio River, connecting Newport, Kentucky and Cincinnati, Ohio.
The Clay Wade Bailey Bridge is a cantilever bridge carrying U.S. Route 42 and U.S. Route 127 across the Ohio River, connecting Cincinnati, Ohio and Covington, Kentucky. It also carries U.S. Route 25, the northern terminus of which is the Ohio state line, at the historic low-water mark of the Ohio River. The bridge's main span is 675 feet (206 m). It is a 3-lane bridge; Two lanes are dedicated to travel each way and the middle lane is a reversible lane, meaning the direction of travel of the middle lane changes according to the time of day.
The Combs–Hehl Bridge is a twin span single pier cantilever bridge carrying Interstate 275 (I-275) across the Ohio River. It connects the Eastern portion of Cincinnati, Ohio and Campbell County, Kentucky.
The William H. Harsha Bridge is a cable-stayed bridge carrying U.S. Route 68 that connects Maysville, Kentucky, and Aberdeen, Ohio, over the Ohio River. It is named for William Harsha, who represented the Ohio portion of the area in the United States House of Representatives. Construction on the bridge started in 1997 and it opened in 2000. The bridge has a main span of 1,050 feet and a total span of 2,100 feet (640 m). The Simon Kenton Bridge, a suspension bridge built in 1932, is located nearby.
The Markland Locks and Dam is a concrete dam bridge and locks that span the Ohio River. It is 1395 feet long, and connects Gallatin County, Kentucky, and Switzerland County, Indiana.
The John F. Kennedy Memorial Bridge is a six-lane, single-deck cantilever bridge that carries southbound Interstate 65 across the Ohio River, connecting Louisville, Kentucky and Jeffersonville, Indiana. The main span is 700 feet (213 m) and the bridge has a total length of 2,498 feet (761 m). The span carries six southbound lanes. It is named after U.S. President John F. Kennedy.
The Milton–Madison Bridge is a continuous truss bridge that connects Milton, Kentucky and Madison, Indiana. It carries approximately 10,000 cars a day. The old structure was replaced with a completely new continuous truss which was constructed on temporary piers adjacent to the operational span between 2011 and 2012 and slid into place after demolition of the old span using a construction method called "truss sliding." The new crossing opened to vehicle traffic in April 2014, and a pedestrian sidewalk opened that October.
Kentucky Dam is a hydroelectric dam on the Tennessee River on the county line between Livingston and Marshall counties in the U.S. state of Kentucky. The dam is the lowermost of nine dams on the river owned and operated by the Tennessee Valley Authority, which built the dam in the late 1930s and early 1940s to improve navigation on the lower part of the river and reduce flooding on the lower Ohio and Mississippi rivers. It was a major project initiated during the New Deal of President Franklin D. Roosevelt's administration, to invest in infrastructure to benefit the country. The dam impounds the Kentucky Lake of 160,000 acres (65,000 ha), which is the largest of TVA's reservoirs and the largest artificial lake by area in the Eastern United States. It was designated as an National Historic Civil Engineering Landmark by the American Society of Civil Engineers in 1996 and listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2017.
The Ben Williamson Memorial Bridge and Simeon Willis Memorial Bridge, also known as the Green Bridge and Blue Bridge respectively, are a pair of cantilever bridges that connect Coal Grove, Ohio to Ashland, Kentucky, crossing the Ohio River. Completed in 1932, it is named for Senator Ben M. Williamson.
The Hines' Raid was a Confederate exploratory mission led by Thomas Hines, on orders from John Hunt Morgan, into the state of Indiana in June 1863 during the American Civil War. Hines aimed to prepare the groundwork of Morgan's Raid across the Ohio River into Indiana and Ohio by seeing what support the local Knights of the Golden Circle and Copperheads would provide for the main operation.
Interstate 64 (I-64) in the US state of Indiana is a major east–west highway providing access between Illinois and Kentucky. It passes through southern Indiana as part of its connection between the two metropolitan areas of St Louis, Missouri, and Louisville, Kentucky.
The Lewis and Clark Bridge is a bridge that crosses the Ohio River northeast of downtown Louisville, Kentucky and is part of a ring road around the Louisville metropolitan area, connecting two previously disjointed segments of Interstate 265. It was known as the East End Bridge for 30 years since its conception and while under construction, and renamed by Indiana officials on the day of its opening, December 18, 2016. The bridge provides for walking and bicycling. For motor vehicles, tolling began on December 30, 2016.
