the blaze. On May 7, 2008, the bridge caught fire a quarter-mile (400 m) north of the Louisville end, shortly after noon, above the Ohio River; suspected to have started from an electrical problem. This fire was more troublesome due to the age and condition of the bridge; the wood trusses on the bridge were unsafe for firefighters to scale, due to the fire on the bridge ten years before. Louisville Fire & Rescue chief Greg Frederick decided that firefighters were not to be sent onto the bridge; a boat from the Harrods Creek Fire Department was used to put out the fire, as Louisville's fire boat did not have a hose that could reach the blaze on the bridge. It took two and a half hours to control the fire. Navigation lights used for the heavy barge traffic were being changed at the time of the report. The Coast Guard shut down river traffic for about a mile around the bridge due to falling debris. An official determination on the cause of the fire was expected in June 2008. See also List of bridges documented by the Historic American Engineering Record in Indiana List of bridges documented by the Historic American Engineering Record in Kentucky List of crossings of the Ohio River List of rail trails List of attractions and events in the Louisville metropolitan area Notes References External links Big Four Railroad Bridge at Bridges & Tunnels Jeffersonville bridge updates Kentucky, Indiana pledge $22M to fund completion of Big Four Bridge -- February 2011 New Funds Will Complete Big Four Bridge Project -- February 2011 Video of May 7, 2008, bridge fire Video of May 7, 2008, bridge fire WHAS11NEWS Coverage of the fire WHAS11NEWS Slide Show of the fire Engineering journal articles 19th-century buildings and structures in Louisville, Kentucky Bridges completed in 1895 Bridges completed in 1929 Bridges in Louisville, Kentucky Bridges over the Ohio River Bridges in Clark County, Indiana Cyclist bridges in the United States Former railway bridges in the United States Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway Historic American Engineering Record in Indiana Historic American Engineering Record in Kentucky Parks in Louisville, Kentucky Pedestrian bridges in Indiana Pedestrian bridges in Kentucky Rail trail bridges in the United States Railroad bridges in Indiana Railroad bridges in Kentucky Truss bridges in the United States Tourist attractions in Louisville, Kentucky Rail trails in Kentucky 1895 establishments