Looking N from 27th St. at Marine St.
<p>At right, swing span over 2 small locks at McAlpine is in closed position.
(closed to river traffic, but open to vehicles).
This span, built in 1926, was originally a combined roadway and railroad bridge. The railroad tracks were needed to carry equipment to the construction site of LG&amp;E's hydroelectric plant between Shippingport and Rock Island at the lower end of the Kentucky Chute of the Falls of the Ohio (see Leland R. Johnson and Charles E. Parrish, <i>Triumph at the Falls: The Louisville and Portland Canal</i>, pp. 220, 223). This span and the bascule bridge over the 1200-foot main lock were replaced by the Portland-Shippingport Bridge (completed ca. 2008).
For the location of the Kentucky Chute, see a <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/bill_alden/6761345045/in/photostream/">1876 map of the Portland area</a>.
Ohio River mile 607.
Louisville, Ky..
18-Mar-1999.
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<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.flickr.com/people/70020260@N04">William Alden</a> from Louisville, Kentucky, USA
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<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/bill_alden/6692302641/">99c039_8mp: 27th St. Bridge at McAlpine Locks</a>