McCool's Creek Bridge
Description
The original location of this bridge is covered by the page http://bridgehunter.com/ky/carroll/bh57729/Facts
- Overview
- Bowstring pony truss bridge over Ravine on Carrollton Riverwalk
- Location
- Carrollton, Carroll County, Kentucky
- Status
- Open to pedestrians only
- History
- Built ca. 1869. Originally carried an old alignment of US 42 over McCool's Creek. Moved over a ravine between Two Rivers Campground and Point Park in Carrollton in August, 2013.
- Design
- Bowstring pony truss
- Dimensions
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Span length: 60.0 ft.
Total length: 60.0 ft.
Deck width: 15.0 ft.
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +38.67909, -85.18672 (decimal degrees)
38°40'45" N, 85°11'12" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 16/657727/4282726 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Carrollton
- Inventory number
- BH 57717 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Update Log
- March 2, 2019: New photo from James McCray
- July 9, 2017: New photos from Mike Daffron
- May 29, 2016: New photos from Mike Mullins
- July 19, 2015: New photos from James McCray
- October 15, 2013: New photos from J.P.
- September 14, 2013: New photos from Bill Eichelberger
- August 23, 2013: Updated by Fmiser: Added category "Second location, entire structure"
- August 21, 2013: Added by Bill Eichelberger
Sources
- Bill Eichelberger
- Historic bridge finds new home in Carrollton - Madison Courier, Aug. 20, 2013
- Fmiser - fmiser [at] gmail [dot] com
- J.P. - wildcatjon2000 [at] gmail [dot] com
- James McCray - jamesinslocomb [at] yahoo [dot] com
- Mike Mullins
- Mike Daffron - daffmikron [at] gmail [dot] com
Comments
Yikes! Hope that's not going to be a recurring problem!!
If so I hope they have boat rentals... Not!
Well....... Didn't get to walk across it.
Amazing progress in a month and a half! The bridge looks great!
Regards,
Art S.
I helped move this bridge to its current location. Bridge is finally finished and ready for public use. Looks great!!!
My daughter visited the bridge yesterday and it is still sitting just as it has been since the move. Pix soon.
I thought there was a corporate sponsorship behind it. I'll check with my wife and see if any of her co-workers who are local to the area can tell her anything. One of the guys used to fish and swim off of it as a kid, and he's one of those guys who knows everyone and everything about the area.
Well... Hopefully it's just a temporary thing and the bridge will be completed someday soon. Probably safer sitting here than out where it was before... I hope.
Yeah, that's pretty sad.
Kind of looks forgotten, wonder if funding ran out.
Shots of the I stallion:
http://madisoncourier.com/main.asp?SubSectionID=961&ArticleI...
This page's URL is http://bridgehunter.com/ky/carroll/bh57717/
I would call it an early King Iron Bridge Co. based on outriggers and top chord. Look at the connection from two lower bars to one going through the back of the shoes to a nut. On old Richardsville it was three bars to two with ears, no nut. Fits the patent.
Very rare. Interesting new abutments.