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Hopewell Bridge

Greenup County, Kentucky

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Hopewell Bridge

Photo taken by C Hanchey in November 2010

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BH Photo #186030

Map 

Facts 

Overview
Whipple through truss bridge over Little Sandy River on KY 3306
Location
Greenup County, Kentucky
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1868; rehabilitated 1990
Builder
- Phoenix Iron Co. of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Iron/Steel Manufacturer)
Railroad
- Eastern Kentucky Railroad (EK)
Design
Whipple through truss
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 51.8 ft.
Total length: 159.1 ft.
Deck width: 12.1 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 20.0 ft.
Recognition
Posted to the National Register of Historic Places
Also called
Little Sandy River KY 3306 Bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude
+38.40816, -82.90551   (decimal degrees)
38°24'29" N, 82°54'20" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
17/333625/4252821 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Oldtown
Average daily traffic (as of 2012)
167
Inventory numbers
KY 045-B00063N (Kentucky bridge number)
BH 18803 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection report (as of September 2018)
Overall condition: Fair
Superstructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Deck condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 64.8 (out of 100)
View more at BridgeReports.com

Categories 

19th Century (8,336)
Built 1868 (113)
Built during 1860s (594)
Eastern Kentucky Railroad (5)
Greenup County, Kentucky (22)
Kentucky (1,377)
NR-listed (3,013)
One-lane traffic (7,833)
Open (40,968)
Owned by state (16,553)
 Phoenix Iron Co. (34)
Pin-connected (4,685)
Rail-to-road (358)
Railroad (16,454)
Span length 50-75 feet (10,419)
Through truss (16,737)
Total length 125-175 feet (6,183)
Truss (35,407)
Whipple truss (465)

Update Log 

  • March 30, 2020: New photos from Matthew Hemmer
  • May 30, 2017: Updated by Christopher Finigan: Added category "Pin-connected"
  • September 20, 2016: New photos from Jack Schmidt
  • April 18, 2016: New photos from Mike Mullins
  • February 15, 2016: Updated by Luke: Added categories "Rail-to-road", "railroad", "Eastern Kentucky Railroad" per request by ArtS
  • November 20, 2010: Updated by James Baughn: Merged duplicate listings
  • June 26, 2010: New photos from Bill Eichelberger

Sources 

  • Bill Eichelberger
  • James Baughn - webmaster [at] bridgehunter [dot] com
  • Mike Mullins
  • Jack Schmidt - jjturtle [at] earthlink [dot] net
  • Matthew Hemmer - matthemmer1994 [at] gmail [dot] com
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Hopewell Bridge
Posted February 15, 2016, by ArtS (asuckewer [at] knite [dot] com)

I'm not sure how to do so but this should be in the former railroad bridge category. It looks like it was part of a branch of the Eastern Kentucky Railroad.