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West Prestonsburg Through Truss Bridge

Floyd County, Kentucky

Photo 

West Prestonsburg Old Through Truss Bridge

At the end of South Harkins Avenue Looking South, appears to be on private property

Photo taken by Bob Davis on March 25, 2009

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BH Photo #136399

Map 

Facts 

Overview
Lost Through Truss bridge over Middle Creek on S Harkins Avenue in Prestonsburg
Location
Prestonsburg, Floyd County, Kentucky
Status
Removed but not replaced
History
Built circa 1915
Design
Pratt through truss
Approximate latitude, longitude
+37.66937, -82.78072   (decimal degrees)
37°40'10" N, 82°46'51" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
17/342951/4170623 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Prestonsburg
Inventory number
BH 42190 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Deck removed (43)
Floyd County, Kentucky (13)
Kentucky (1,325)
Lost (24,711)
Pin-connected (3,900)
Pratt through truss (5,387)
Pratt truss (9,292)
Prestonsburg, Kentucky (2)
Through truss (15,054)
Truss (32,770)

Update Log 

  • December 19, 2011: Updated by J.P.: Added categories "Pin-connected", "Deck removed"
  • April 2, 2009: Added by Bob Davis

Sources 

  • Bob Davis - bobdaviscfi [at] earthlink [dot] net
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West Prestonsburg Through Truss Bridge
Posted December 19, 2011, by Tony Dillon (spansaver [at] hotmail [dot] com)

I've got a bad feeling we are going to see more of this happen to derelict historic spans...

West Prestonsburg Through Truss Bridge
Posted December 19, 2011, by jerry shepherd (wa4ucf [at] bellsouth [dot] net)

pictures I took today where bridge was

West Prestonsburg Through Truss Bridge
Posted December 19, 2011, by jerry shepherd (wa4ucf [at] bellsouth [dot] net)

THE BRIDGE IS GONE AROUND DEC 1 2011 IT WAS CUT UP AND HAULED TO THE SCRAP YARD . MISSED THE EVENT WAS GONE TO DR OFFICE NOTICED IT GONE A WEEK LATER CARPENTERS WORKING ON A ROOF ON STANLEY AVE TOLD ME THE BRIDGE WAS HAULED OUT AND GONE TO THE JUNK YARD MAYBE MNT METAL THEY WERE NOT SURE WAS A GOOD OLD BRIDGE IN ITS DAY I CROSSED IT A MANY A TIME AS A KID, SORRY TO SEE IT GONE GUESS SCRAP METAL PRICES ARE WORTH MORE THAN HISTORY SORRY FOR THE SAD NEWS!