Historic Bridges of the U.S. | Sugar Creek Bridge

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Photos

Overview

These photos from the Historic American Engineering Record show the bridge when it was still in use [HAER photos taken Dec. 1983 by G. D. Rawlings and J. E. Daniel II]

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Plaque

Facts

Overview: Lost bedstead pony truss bridge over Sugar Creek on KY 124
Location: Christian County, Kentucky
Status: Replaced(?) by modern bridge
History: Built 1894 by the Groton Bridge & Manufacturing Co. of Groton, NY. Replaced 1985
Builder: - Groton Bridge Co.
Design: Pin-connected, 3-panel bedstead Pratt pony truss
Dimensions: Total length: 44.0 ft.
Deck width: 9.7 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude: +36.99655, -87.68447 (decimal degrees)
36°59'48" N, 87°41'04" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Inventory number: BH 18749 (Bridgehunter.com ID)