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Augusta/ Turtle Creek Bowstring Bridge

Notice the Railroad Tunnel in the background

Photo by Brian McKee on September 6, 2009

Overview: Bowstring Pony truss bridge over Turtle Creek on Long Stretch Road
Location: Augusta, Bracken County, Kentucky
Status: Open to traffic in fairly good condition
History: Built ca. 1880, possibly relocated here ca. 1920
Builder: - Wrought Iron Bridge Co. of Canton, Ohio (likely fabricator)
Design: Bowstring Iron Pony truss with concrete floor
Dimensions: Length of largest span: 58.1 ft.
Total length: 63.0 ft.
Deck width: 12.1 ft.
Recognition: Posted to the National Register of Historic Places
Approximate latitude, longitude: +38.76861, -84.02361 (decimal degrees)
38°46'07" N, 84°01'25" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates: 16/758593/4295307 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map: Felicity
Inventory numbers: KY 012-C00003N (Kentucky bridge number)
BH 18725 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 12/2011): Deck condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 23.9 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2006): 98

Augusta/ Turtle Creek Bridge

Posted November 20, 2010, by Anthony Dillon (spansaver [at] hotmail [dot] com)

This little span was likely moved here in 1920, as it appears to be a Wrought Iron Bridge Co. product of the 1870's.