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Carrollton-Prestonville Bridge

Carroll County, Kentucky
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Overview

The bridge is known locally as the Big Blue Bridge due to the blue color which is also the team color of the University of Kentucky (UK Wildcats).

Photo taken by James McCray

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Overview
Through truss bridge over Kentucky River on US 42 in Carrollton
Location
Carrollton, Carroll County, Kentucky
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1952
Design
Cantilevered Warren through truss
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 299.8 ft.
Total length: 1,276.6 ft.
Deck width: 25.9 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 15.3 ft.
Also called
Big Blue Bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude
+38.68028, -85.18778   (decimal degrees)
38°40'49" N, 85°11'16" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
16/657633/4282855 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Carrollton
Inventory numbers
KY 021-B00043N (Kentucky bridge number)
BH 18743 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 06/2015)
Deck condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Appraisal: Structurally deficient
Sufficiency rating: 27.8 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2014)
10,117

Categories 

Built 1952 (245)
Built during 1950s (3,157)
Carroll County, Kentucky (10)
Carrollton, Kentucky (3)
Have street view (21,682)
KY 36 (1)
Kentucky (1,010)
Kentucky River (39)
Navigable waterway (1,995)
Open (36,153)
Owned by state (13,376)
 Painted blue (69)
Prestonville, Kentucky (1)
Span length 250-500 feet (1,074)
Structurally deficient (18,308)
Through truss (12,799)
Total length 1000-2500 feet (1,638)
Truss (29,288)
US 42 (10)
Warren through truss (1,428)
Warren truss (5,701)

Update Log 

  • July 9, 2017: New photos from Mike Daffron
  • July 4, 2017: Updated by Matthew Hill: Minor fixes
  • May 29, 2016: New photos from Mike Mullins
  • June 16, 2012: New photos from Bill Eichelberger
  • May 3, 2010: New Street View added by Nathan Holth
  • October 21, 2008: New photos from James McCray

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Sources 

  • James McCray - jamesinslocomb [at] yahoo [dot] com
  • Nathan Holth
  • Bill Eichelberger
  • Mike Mullins
  • Matthew Hill - matthewshill [at] live [dot] com
  • Mike Daffron
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Big Blue Bridge
Posted May 25, 2010, by Lauritz (buzzsawone [at] gmail [dot] com)

My dad and my brother were among those who built this bridge.

Big Blue Bridge
Posted November 26, 2009, by Anthony Dillon (spansaver [at] hotmail [dot] com)

Pam....those are actually footings that remain from an earlier bridge. Funny.....but in an odd way they are kinda like tombstones.........

I like this bright Blue that Ky is painting some of their spans....makes them stand out nicely!

Big Blue Bridge
Posted November 26, 2009, by Pam

I came across the bridge recently. It appears that there are head stones underneath the bridge. Could this be true? It's really neat to see this bridge.

Kentucky River US 42 Bridge
Posted January 24, 2008, by Don (sega65 [at] msn [dot] com)

This bridge was recently re-painted dark blue about 2 years ago.