Final Bridge Type - Downtown Bridge
Three-Tower Cable-Stayed Bridge Type
The Three-Tower Cable-Stayed Bridge Type features three low-height towers with cables arranged in a simple, harp formation. The design blends with the current Kennedy Bridge and skylines of both Louisville and Clarksville/Jeffersonville to give the waterfront an attractive new structure that fits with its landscape to provide an open, welcome approach to Indiana.
The bridge type meets engineering, navigation and safety criteria established for the location and is considered a low-maintenance bridge type. The three pairs of concrete towers and bridge deck are supported on steel beams. The steel cables are enclosed in a plastic pipe. The center towers rise 210 feet above the bridge deck with the sets of outside towers lower at 125 feet.
Navigation channels for river traffic meet U.S. Coast Guard requirements with a pair of 750-foot water ways on either side of the center tower. The tower is positioned to the south of the river's center as a result of the navigation requirements.
The Three-Tower Cable-Stayed Bridge Type was selected after a thorough public involvement process that included feedback from advisory teams as well as the general public during the development of guidelines, concepts, alternatives and ultimately the final bridge type.
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