Singing Bridge | |
|---|---|
 Singing Bridge (2020) | |
| Coordinates | 38°11′47″N 84°52′44″W / 38.1965°N 84.8788°W |
| Carries | 2 vehicle lanes & 2 pedestrian walkways |
| Crosses | Kentucky River |
| Locale | Frankfort, Kentucky |
| Begins | St. Clair Street |
| Ends | Bridge Street |
| Characteristics | |
| Design | Pennsylvania truss |
| Total length | 409.1 feet (124.7 m) |
| Width | 24 feet (7.3 m) |
| Load limit | 3 tons |
| Clearance above | 20 feet (6.1 m) |
| History | |
| Constructed by | King Bridge Company |
| Opened | 1893 |
| Statistics | |
| Daily traffic | 5,000 (2019) |
| Location | |
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The Singing Bridge (also known as the St. Clair Street bridge[1]) is a two-lane vehicle and pedestrian bridge in Frankfort, Kentucky that is so named because of the humming sound it makes when driven over. As of 2019[update], the bridge carries over 5,000 vehicles per day across the Kentucky River[2] along St. Clair Street to Bridge Street, joining Downtown Frankfort with South Frankfort. It is a contributing structure to the Frankfort Commercial Historic District on the National Register of Historic Places.
The bridge gets its name from the humming noise it makes as vehicles travel across its open-grate steel deck, which replaced a solid flooring in 1937.[3]
- ^ "Geography | Frankfort, KY". www.frankfort.ky.gov.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
lowerlimitwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "The Singing Bridge: Past, present, and my hope for the future | FRANK. Magazine". frankthemagazine.com. September 14, 2018.