Laurel Gorge Bridge (Old KY 7)
Facts
- Overview
- Through truss bridge over Little Sandy River on former KY 7
- Location
- Elliott County, Kentucky
- Status
- Intact but closed to all traffic
- History
- Built 1930
- Design
- Parker Through truss
- Dimensions
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Length of largest span: 180.1 ft.
Total length: 209.9 ft.
Deck width: 20.0 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 15.3 ft.
- Also called
- Old Laurel Gorge Bridge
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +38.11917, -83.10500 (decimal degrees)
38°07'09" N, 83°06'18" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 17/315476/4221129 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Isonville
- Average daily traffic (as of 2009)
- 266
- Inventory numbers
- KY 032-B00008N (Kentucky bridge number)
KY 032-C00032N (Kentucky bridge number)
BH 18762 (Bridgehunter.com ID) - Inspection report (as of April 2018)
- Overall condition: Poor
Superstructure condition rating: Serious (3 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Deck condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 21.6 (out of 100)
View more at BridgeReports.com
Update Log
- February 24, 2021: New photos from Sherman Cahal
- July 7, 2010: Updated by Bill Eichelberger: Added truss type.
- June 26, 2010: New photos from Bill Eichelberger
- April 9, 2010: New Street View added by Nathan Holth
Sources
- Nathan Holth
- Bill Eichelberger
- C Hanchey - cmh2315fl [at] yahoo [dot] com
- Sherman Cahal
Comments
Rehab work to start soon !
https://www.lanereport.com/142294/2021/05/989000-awarded-to-...
The bridge is now closed to traffic as of 2021. The aerials show barricades at both ends of the structure.
Well color me wrong. I saw the other photos of the bridge that I didn't see at first. It is not the bridge over the East Fork of the Little Sandy although it is a dead ringer for it down the road on the opposite side and the hill to the left. I've seen it identified as the East Fork bridge before. I'm amazed they could look so similar.
That is not the bridge described as the Little Sandy Bridge on Rt. 7. It is the East Fork Bridge on Rt. 1. I lived right beside that bridge for years. I have this same photo and it definitely is NOT the bridge you say it is. I know that bridge like the back of my hand. Across the bridge on the right is a road. It is barely visible in the photo but it's there. That was our driveway. BTW the driveway followed the old Eastern Kentucky Railway bed. Our house was built when the train still ran there. It was right beside the railroad tracks.
This is where that bridge was located:
38.501455, -82.829196
It was 50 years ago that I lived there as an adolescent. I am including a recent photo of the old house taken from the railroad bed which ran on past the front of the house.
The Kentucky Bridge number should be 032C00032N
Excellent! I was beginning to doubt that this still existed.
This page's URL is http://bridgehunter.com/ky/elliott/32B00008N/
REHAB WORK TO BEGIN SOON!
https://www.lanereport.com/142294/2021/05/989000-awarded-to-...