KY 1268 Jessamine Creek Stone Bridge

Jessamine County, Kentucky

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Overview

This is a four span stone arch bridge.

Photo taken by James McCray

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Oblique View (North Face)

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West End

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Closeup of Stone Arches

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East End

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"Arches in the Dark"

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Facts 

Overview
Stone arch bridge over Jessamine Creek on Ky-1268 in Wilmore
Location
Wilmore, Jessamine County, Kentucky
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1930; rehabilitated 1966
Design
Stone arch
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 125.0 ft.
Total length: 125.0 ft.
Deck width: 13.1 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+37.84222, -84.64500   (decimal degrees)
37°50'32" N, 84°38'42" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
16/707219/4190922 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map
Wilmore
Inventory number
BH 36566 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 01/2008)
Appraisal: Functionally obsolete
Sufficiency rating: 49.2 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2007)
394

Update Log 

  • March 17, 2009: Updated by C Hanchey: Bridge is not on the national register
  • April 30, 2008: Added by James McCray

Sources 

  • James McCray - jamesinslocomb [at] yahoo [dot] com
  • C Hanchey - cmh2315 [at] yahoo [dot] com

Comments 

KY 1268 Jessamine Creek Stone Bridge
Posted September 29, 2008, by Jeff McDanald (jeff [at] mcdanald [dot] com)

This is known as the Glass Mill Bridge.