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Claysville Covered Bridge

Harrison County, Kentucky, and Robertson County, Kentucky

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Photo taken by Traugott Keller

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BH Photo #408038

Map 

Facts 

Overview
Lost Howe through truss bridge over Licking River on US 62
Location
Claysville, Harrison County, Kentucky, and Robertson County, Kentucky
Status
Destroyed by fire
History
Built by Jacob Bower in 1874; Burned in a brush fire in 1953
Builder
- Jacob Bower
Design
Howe through truss
Dimensions
Total length: 307.0 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+38.51924, -84.18521   (decimal degrees)
38°31'09" N, 84°11'07" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
16/745400/4267184 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Claysville
Inventory number
BH 79151 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

19th Century (7,015)
Built 1874 (83)
Built during 1870s (1,011)
Claysville, Kentucky (1)
Covered (1,535)
Destroyed by fire (169)
Harrison County, Kentucky (13)
Howe through truss (426)
Howe truss (522)
Jacob Bower (3)
 Kentucky (1,263)
Lost (22,807)
Lost 1953 (41)
Lost during 1950s (591)
Owned by federal government (1,126)
Robertson County, Kentucky (9)
Through truss (14,300)
Total length 250-500 feet (4,999)
Truss (31,580)

Update Log 

  • January 26, 2019: New photo from Melissa Brand-Welch
  • November 26, 2017: New photos from Melissa Jurgensen
  • October 30, 2017: Added by James Back

Sources 

  • James Back
  • Melissa Jurgensen
  • Melissa Brand-Welch - melissabrandwelch [at] msn [dot] com

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