Fourteenth Street Bridge (Ohio River)

Fourteenth Street Bridge
Fourteenth Street Bridge
	The Fourteenth Street Bridge, as viewed from the Clarksville waterfront
Coordinates	38°16′10″N 85°45′52″W / 38.2694°N 85.7645°W
Crosses	Ohio River
Locale	Louisville, Kentucky and Clarksville, Indiana
Other name(s)	Ohio Falls Bridge
Characteristics
Design	Truss drawbridge
History
Opened	1868
Location

The Fourteenth Street Bridge, also known as the Ohio Falls Bridge, Pennsylvania Railroad Bridge or the Conrail Railroad Bridge, is a truss drawbridge that spans the Ohio River, between Louisville, Kentucky and Clarksville, Indiana.

Built in 1868 by the Louisville Bridge and Iron Company, the bridge was operated for many years by the Pennsylvania Railroad, giving the company its only access to Kentucky. Ownership of the railroad and the bridge passed on to Penn Central and later Conrail, which then sold the line from Louisville to Indianapolis, Indiana to the Louisville and Indiana Railroad, the current bridge owner.

The draw portion of the bridge is a vertical lift bridge. The draw span is across the upstream end of the Louisville and Portland Canal, which includes the McAlpine Locks and Dam. Ohio River traffic passes through this canal to navigate past the Falls of the Ohio.