3,880
edits
The Municipal Bridge Vision: Difference between revisions
no edit summary
No edit summary |
|||
| Line 25: | Line 25: | ||
==About the Louisville Municipal Bridge== | ==About the Louisville Municipal Bridge== | ||
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. Construction began in June 1928 by the American Bridge Company of Pittsburgh | 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. Construction began in June 1928 by the American Bridge Company of Pittsburgh. 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. | ||
<ref>Edward Branham's death was reported on the front page of the Jeffersonville Evening News on Thursday, June 30, 1929, (http://searchingforvindication.com/assets/Bridge/19290620B.pdf)</ref> | |||
==Problems with the Prophecy== | ==Problems with the Prophecy== | ||
| Line 109: | Line 111: | ||
*Luhan, Gregory A. (2004). Louisville Guide, Princeton Architectural Press. | *Luhan, Gregory A. (2004). Louisville Guide, Princeton Architectural Press. | ||
*National Register of Historic Places | *National Register of Historic Places | ||
*The Jeffersonville Evening News reported two deaths on its front page on Thursday, June 30, 1929. One death was Edward Branham, William Branham's brother, who died of rheumatism of the heart. The second death was Richard Pilton, the first fatality during the construction of the Bridge, who died when an iron crank he was using struck him in the temple. | |||
{{Portal Navigation}} | {{Portal Navigation}} | ||
|- | |- | ||
|} | |} | ||