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Branham was in Arizona when the Municipal Bridge was built. He returned to Jeffersonville after his brother died in June 1929, right as the bridge was nearing completion. He grew up in a town with living memory of the Big Four Bridge disaster upstream. He didn't tell this story in Jeffersonville — of all places — until 1960, by which point checking the facts would have taken real effort and real time, from people who trusted him completely.

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Originally called the '''Louisville Municipal Bridge''', the '''George Rogers Clark Memorial Bridge''' is a four-lane cantilever bridge crossing the Ohio River between Louisville, Kentucky and Jeffersonville, Indiana, carrying US 31.  The bridge was designed by Ralph Modjeski and Frank Masters, consulting engineers.  The contract for construction of the substructure was signed June 1, 1928 with the Vang Construction Company of Pittsburgh, the low bidder, and construction began soon thereafter.  The contract for the construction of the superstructure was signed July 5, 1928 with the American Bridge Company of New York, the low bidders for this portion of the work.  The contract specified a penalty if the this portion of the work was not completed by December 1, 1929.

It was during this time that William Branham was working as a cowhand in Arizona.  He returned to Jeffersonville after he received news that his brother Edward had passed away on June 20, 1929.  When he returned to Jeffersonville, the new bridge would have been opened or very close to completion. In 1949, the bridge was renamed in honor of George Rogers Clark. The bridge was rehabilitated in 1958, and is still in use today.

We would highly recommend those interested in this issue to read the research performed by [[Searching for Vindication]].

The text of the January 22, 1890 newspaper report is as follows:

:''The most plausible theory as to the cause of the accident is thus given by one of the survivors, Louis Crouch, and his story receives not a little credence from the Superintendent of the work.  Knox, the foreman, had been seen near the key which controls the air supply, and it is believed that he cut off the air more than he really intended to, causing the caisson to sink into the sand.''

William Branham tells of a vision that he had as a young boy...   

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The following are all of the quotes where William Branham mentions this vision:

:''Exactly seventeen years from that day, the Municipal Bridge at Jeffersonville spanned over to Kentucky, and the seventh... And the sixteen man lost their life on it, just exactly like it said. Ah, so did Mr. Unbeliever has tempted me all along!

*Allgeier, M.A. (1983). Louisville Municipal Bridge, Pylons, and Administrative Building, Louisville Landmarks Commission.

*The Encyclopedia of Louisville (1 ed.). 2001.

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