East Fork Clarks River Bridge
History
Written by Garrett HerndonThis bridge is locally known as the "Rattling Bridge". A person on geocaching.com says this about the bridge: "This is part of the original bridge that went across Highway 94. Then it had an old wooden bottom, so whenever cars traveled across it of course it made a rattling sound. When they built the new bridges on highway 94 they floated this one down Clarks River to where it now rest, and also replaced the old wooden bottom with a concrete bottom."
Facts
- Overview
- Pony truss bridge over East Fork Clarks River on Old Salem Road (CR 1224) in Murray
- Location
- Calloway County, Kentucky
- Status
- Open to traffic
- History
- Relocated here c. 1984
- Design
- Pratt pony truss
- Dimensions
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Length of largest span: 87.9 ft.
Total length: 89.9 ft.
Deck width: 20.0 ft.
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +36.60611, -88.29028 (decimal degrees)
36°36'22" N, 88°17'25" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 16/384603/4051953 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Murray
- Average daily traffic (as of 2011)
- 386
- Inventory numbers
- KY 018-C00105N (Kentucky bridge number)
BH 18736 (Bridgehunter.com ID) - Inspection report (as of July 2018)
- Overall condition: Poor
Superstructure condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Deck condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 44.4 (out of 100)
View more at BridgeReports.com
Update Log
- November 20, 2018: Essay added by Garrett Herndon
- October 31, 2013: New Street View added by J.P.
- July 8, 2012: New photos from J.P.
Sources
- J.P. - wildcatjon2000 [at] gmail [dot] com
Comments
This bridge is locally called the "Rattling Bridge". In addition, a person on geocaching.com (there is a geocache on this bridge) says this about the bridge: "This is part of the original bridge that went across Highway 94. Then it had an old wooden bottom, so whenever cars traveled across it of course it made a rattling sound. When they built the new bridges on highway 94 they floated this one down Clarks River to where it now rest, and also replaced the old wooden bottom with a concrete bottom."
I believe this bridge was either rehabbed in 1985 or moved here in 1985.
This page's URL is http://bridgehunter.com/ky/calloway/18C00105N/
The bridge currently on KY 94 that goes over Clarks River was built in 1983 (according to inspection data). So, using this info and my comment below, we can infer that this bridge was relocated here in 1984.