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Structure-ID: s0004169
Created on: 07/05/02
Modified on: 02/28/07


William Natcher Bridge

Owensboro Bridge
Completed in: 2002
Status: in use
Location: Between Owensboro, Daviess County, Kentucky, USA and Rockport, Spencer County, Indiana, USA
Crosses: Ohio River
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Structural Type:
Cable-stayed bridge
A-pylon, semi-fan arrangement
Function / usage:
Road bridge

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Role Name Structures in this project 
Designer Vijay Chandra

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Role Name Part of structure 
Owner Commonwealth of Kentucky Transportation Cabinet
Construction engineering Buckland & Taylor Ltd.
Contractor Traylor Bros., Inc.
Stay cables VSL International

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Dimensions
  span lengths 152 m - 366 m - 152 m

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 External LinkBridgePros: Natcher Bridge English
 External LinkBuckland & Taylor: William Natcher Bridge English
 External LinkKentucky Roads: William H. Natcher Bridge English
 External LinkKentucky Roads: William Natcher Bridge English

Relevant Literature
* Chandra, Vijay   The innovative William Natcher cable-stayed bridge, presented at IABSE Conference, Malmö 1999 - Cable-stayed bridges. Past, present and future.
* Chandra, Vijay   New ideas in USA cable-stayed bridge design: the Owensboro bridge, presented at Ponts suspendus et à haubans. Cable-stayed and suspension bridges, Deauville, 12.-15.10.1994.
* Chandra, Vijay   New ideas in USA cable-stayed bridge design: the Owensboro bridge (USA), presented at Ponts suspendus et à haubans. Cable-stayed and suspension bridges, Deauville, 12.-15.10.1994.
* Sward, Robert   Maysville & Owensboro Cable-Stayed Bridge, in "VSL News", 1998, n. 1 v. 9 .
* Wells, Matthew   30 Bridges, Laurence King, ISBN 1856692175, 2002; pp. 9.
* Wells, Matthew   30 Brücken, Callwey Verlag, Munich (Germany) , ISBN 3766715011; pp. 9.

 
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