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Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record

Overview: Baltimore through truss bridge over Cumberland River, Clover Fork on KY 840
Location: Loyall, Harlan County, Kentucky
Status: Removed as the Cumberland River was re-routed such that a bridge is no longer needed.
History: Built 1924 by the Vincennes Bridge Co.; rehabilitated 1954----One of two nearby river crossings utilizing Baltimore through truss spans. Replaced 1999.
Builder: - Vincennes Bridge Co. of Vincennes, Indiana
Design: Baltimore through truss
Dimensions: Length of largest span: 149.9 ft.
Total length: 304.1 ft.
Deck width: 20.3 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 13.3 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude: +36.84683, -83.35561 (decimal degrees)
36°50'49" N, 83°21'20" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates: 17/289970/4080471 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map: Harlan
Inventory numbers: 048*0840*B0087
048B00087N
048-B00087N
KY 048*0840*B0087 (Kentucky bridge number)
KY 048B00087N (Kentucky bridge number)
KY 048-B00087N (Kentucky bridge number)
BH 18811 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 07/2007): Deck condition rating: Serious (3 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Appraisal: Structurally deficient
Sufficiency rating: 13.8 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2007): 793

Bill Eichelberger
HAER KY-14 - Kentucky Route 840 Bridge, Spanning Cumberland River, Loyall, Harlan County, KY
James Gonzalski

Clover Fork Cumberland River KY 840 Bridge

Posted February 16, 2010, by Wes Kinsler (webmaster [at] wkinsler [dot] com)

There is another bridge in Harlan County very similar to this on old Kentuky Highway 72.

Here is a website with some pictures: