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Overview The Broadway Street Bridge, also known as the Blue Bridge, is interesting because the road and railroad bridges are coupled together. Currently, the bridge is open to railroad and pedestrian traffic but is closed to automobile traffic. Photo taken by James McCray |
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East Bridge Portals Photo taken by James McCray |
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North Face of Bridge The railroad truss dwarfs the roadway truss. Photo taken by James McCray |
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Bridge Plaque The plaque says that the bridge was built by the American Bridge Co. in 1929, but does that apply only to the railroad bridge or both bridge sections? Photo taken by James McCray |
Facts
- Overview
- Through truss bridge over Kentucky River on KY 3506 in Frankfort
- Location
- Franklin County, Kentucky
- Status
- Open to Pedestrians Only
- History
- Built 1951
- Design
- Through truss
- Dimensions
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Length of largest span: 155.8 ft.
Total length: 515.9 ft.
Deck width: 22.0 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 20.4 ft.
- Recognition
- Posted to the National Register of Historic Places
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +38.20194, -84.88194 (decimal degrees)
38°12'07" N, 84°52'55" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 16/685458/4230342 (zone/easting/northing)
- USGS topographic map
- Frankfort West
- Inventory number
- BH 18781 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
- Inspection (as of 12/2005)
- Deck condition rating: Serious (3 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Imminent Failure (1 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Serious (3 out of 9)
Appraisal: Structurally deficient
Sufficiency rating: 35.0 (out of 100) - Average daily traffic (as of 2002)
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