I guess a lot of us are members of the Bridgehunter "dumb luck" club. I found this span that was listed as being gone while driving to the beautiful "Triple Whipple" Laughery Creek Bridge. I have made a habit of looking both ways.....when crossing a new bridge. I didn't have to look very far to see this one http://bridgehunter.com/in/dearborn/1500003/
So Mike.......welcome to the club!
Mike, you said, "I do more reading about other people's finds than hunting myself, so I count this as a total stroke of dumb luck."
Welcome to the club! Sometimes, you're just better off lucky than good. ;)
This is a great find, too!
I'm so sorry JB. I was just looking at the map where you'd plotted the bridge and realized that I got my directions mixed up. It is the EAST approach that is still open as a county road, not the west. I was thinking "headed west". A duh moment on my part.
I took a total of 16 pictures, and still have them in full size (over 3000 pixels) if any of them might be of any help.
I was sitting on US-68 heading west, waiting for an accident to be cleared from a small bridge and was just kind of looking around. I overlooked this thing several times before I realized what I was looking at. There is an old truss bridge a couple hundred yards upriver from the current bridge. It's hidden pretty well by the trees. After traffic got moving I puttered around a bit and found that the east approach is barricaded and marked "road closed". But, from the west, it is still marked and opened as a country road, so I was able to drive all the way up to the rail closing the bridge. There were no markings or plaques on it anywhere that I could find. I didn't stay long, I was cold and being wimpy. But, I got GPS coordinates for anyone interested in checking it out. It's near Lecta, KY on US-68. The center of the bridge is 37 degrees, 00'49.05" by 85 degrees, 49'23.20". I do more reading about other people's finds than hunting myself, so I count this as a total stroke of dumb luck.
I took a little detour yesterday and drove old US 68 again. This time of year with the leaves gone the old bridge is visible. And, it's still hanging in there.