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North Fork Bridge
Photos
Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record
BH Photo #151162
Description
Oldest Pratt through truss in Kentucky and one of two in the state built by the Smith Bridge Company.
Facts
- Overview
- Pratt through truss bridge originally over North Fork of Licking River on Kentucky State Route 539
- Location
- Milford, Bracken County, Kentucky
- Status
- Open to authorized vehicles only on private property.
- History
- Built 1883 by the Smith Bridge Company; Replaced 1983 and relocated to private property.
- Builder
- - Smith Bridge Co. of Toledo, Ohio
- Design
- Pinned Pratt through truss
- Dimensions
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Total length: 115.0 ft.
Deck width: 16.0 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 15.0 ft.
- Also called
- KY 539 Bridge
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +38.58083, -84.16624 (decimal degrees)
38°34'51" N, 84°09'58" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
- Approximate UTM coordinates
- 16/746844/4274071 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Claysville
- Inventory number
- BH 43810 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Update Log
- July 5, 2022: Updated by Tony Dillon: Updated status as bridge is not Lost.
- April 1, 2010: Updated by Bill Eichelberger: Bridge has been replaced.
- February 23, 2010: Updated by Bill Eichelberger: Added GPS coordinates.
- December 30, 2009: Updated by Bill Eichelberger: Bridge replaced
Sources
- Bill Eichelberger
- HAER KY-2 - North Fork Bridge, Spanning North Fork of Licking River, Milford vicinity, Bracken, KY
- Tony Dillon - spansaver [at] hotmail [dot] com
Awesome to know that this beauty escaped the scrap heap! I will definitely reach out if I'm going to be in the vicinity!