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Bi-State Vietnam Gold Star Bridges

Index Bi-State Vietnam Gold Star Bridges

The Bi-State Vietnam Gold Star Twin Bridges, usually referred to as simply The Twin Bridges, connect Henderson, Kentucky and Evansville, Indiana along U.S. Route 41 (US 41), south of the (temporary) southern terminus of Interstate 69 (I-69). [1]

29 relations: Cantilever, Cantilever bridge, Earthquake, Ernie Fletcher, Evansville, Indiana, Flotilla, Great Depression, Harry G. Leslie, Henderson Bridge (Ohio River), Henderson, Kentucky, I-35W Mississippi River bridge, Indiana, Indiana Department of Transportation, Interstate 69, Interstate 69 Ohio River Bridge, Jimmy Doolittle, John James Audubon, John James Audubon State Park, Kentucky, Kentucky Transportation Cabinet, National Register of Historic Places, Ohio River, Owensboro Bridge, Ralph Modjeski, Ruby Laffoon, U.S. Route 41, U.S. state, 1811–12 New Madrid earthquakes, 2008 Illinois earthquake.

Cantilever

A cantilever is a rigid structural element, such as a beam or a plate, anchored at one end to a (usually vertical) support from which it protrudes; this connection could also be perpendicular to a flat, vertical surface such as a wall.

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Cantilever bridge

A cantilever bridge is a bridge built using cantilevers, structures that project horizontally into space, supported on only one end.

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Earthquake

An earthquake (also known as a quake, tremor or temblor) is the shaking of the surface of the Earth, resulting from the sudden release of energy in the Earth's lithosphere that creates seismic waves.

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Ernie Fletcher

Ernest Lee "Ernie" Fletcher (born November 12, 1952) is an American physician and politician.

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Evansville, Indiana

Evansville is a city and the county seat of Vanderburgh County, Indiana, United States.

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Flotilla

A flotilla (from Spanish, meaning a small flota (fleet) of ships, and this from French flotte, and this from Russian "флот" (flot), meaning "fleet"), or naval flotilla, is a formation of small warships that may be part of a larger fleet.

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Great Depression

The Great Depression was a severe worldwide economic depression that took place mostly during the 1930s, beginning in the United States.

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Harry G. Leslie

Harry Guyer Leslie (April 6, 1878December 10, 1937) was an Indiana Republican Party politician, speaker of the state house and the 33rd Governor of the state.

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Henderson Bridge (Ohio River)

The Henderson Bridge is a railroad bridge spanning the Ohio River between Henderson, Kentucky and Vanderburgh County, Indiana.

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Henderson, Kentucky

Henderson is a home rule-class city along the Ohio River in Henderson County in western Kentucky in the United States.

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I-35W Mississippi River bridge

The I-35W Mississippi River bridge (officially known as Bridge 9340) was an eight-lane, steel truss arch bridge that carried Interstate 35W across the Saint Anthony Falls of the Mississippi River in Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States.

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Indiana

Indiana is a U.S. state located in the Midwestern and Great Lakes regions of North America.

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Indiana Department of Transportation

The Indiana Department of Transportation (INDOT) is a governmental agency of the U.S. state of Indiana charged with maintaining and regulating transportation and transportation related infrastructure such as state owned airports, state highways and state owned canals or railroads.

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Interstate 69

Interstate 69 (I-69) is an Interstate Highway in the United States currently consisting of seven disjointed parts with an original continuous segment from Indianapolis, Indiana, northeast to the Canada–US border in Port Huron, Michigan, at.

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Interstate 69 Ohio River Bridge

The Interstate 69 Ohio River Crossing (I-69 ORX) is proposed bridge to carry the planned Interstate 69 (I-69) extension over the Ohio River between Evansville, Indiana and Henderson, Kentucky.

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Jimmy Doolittle

James Harold Doolittle (December 14, 1896 – September 27, 1993) was an American aviation pioneer.

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John James Audubon

John James Audubon (born Jean Rabin; April 26, 1785 – January 27, 1851) was an American ornithologist, naturalist, and painter.

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John James Audubon State Park

John James Audubon State Park is located on U. S. Route 41 in Henderson, Kentucky, just south of the Ohio River.

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Kentucky

Kentucky, officially the Commonwealth of Kentucky, is a state located in the east south-central region of the United States.

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Kentucky Transportation Cabinet

The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet (KYTC) is Kentucky's state-funded agency charged with building and maintaining federal highways and Kentucky state highways, as well as regulating other transportation related issues.

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National Register of Historic Places

The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance.

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Ohio River

The Ohio River, which streams westward from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, to Cairo, Illinois, is the largest tributary, by volume, of the Mississippi River in the United States.

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Owensboro Bridge

The Owensboro Bridge is a continuous truss bridge that spans the Ohio River between Owensboro, Kentucky and Spencer County, Indiana.

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Ralph Modjeski

Ralph Modjeski (born Rudolf Modrzejewski; January 27, 1861 – June 26, 1940) was a Polish civil engineer who achieved prominence as a pre-eminent bridge designer in the United States.

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Ruby Laffoon

Ruby Laffoon (January 15, 1869March 1, 1941) was an American politician who served as the 43rd Governor of Kentucky from 1931 to 1935.

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U.S. Route 41

U.S. Route 41, also U.S. Highway 41 (US 41), is a major north–south United States Highway that runs from Miami, Florida to the Upper Peninsula of Michigan.

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U.S. state

A state is a constituent political entity of the United States.

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1811–12 New Madrid earthquakes

The 1811–12 New Madrid earthquakes were an intense intraplate earthquake series beginning with an initial earthquake of moment magnitude 7.5–7.9 on December 16, 1811, followed by a moment magnitude 7.4 aftershock on the same day.

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2008 Illinois earthquake

The 2008 Illinois earthquake was one of the largest earthquakes ever recorded in the Midwest state of Illinois.

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Audubon Memorial Bridge, John James Audubon Bridge (Ohio River).

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bi-State_Vietnam_Gold_Star_Bridges

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