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Laurel Bridge

Laurel County, Kentucky, and Rockcastle County, Kentucky
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Photo taken by Greg Hall

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Overview
Through truss bridge over Rockcastle River on KY 490
Location
Laurel County, Kentucky, and Rockcastle County, Kentucky
Status
Open to traffic
Future prospects
Slated for rehabilitation in November 2011
History
Built 1922
Builder
- Brookville Bridge Co. of Brookville, Ohio
Design
Pennsylvania through truss
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 200.1 ft.
Total length: 205.0 ft.
Deck width: 19.0 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 15.5 ft.
Recognition
Eligible for the National Register of Historic Places
Also called
Rockcastle River KY 490 Bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude
+37.30101, -84.16013   (decimal degrees)
37°18'04" N, 84°09'36" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
16/751708/4132047 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map
Livingston
Inventory numbers
KY 063-B00004N (Kentucky bridge number)
BH 18857 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 03/2011)
Deck condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Appraisal: Structurally deficient
Sufficiency rating: 2.0 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2011)
237

Categories 

Brookville Bridge Co. (25)
Built 1922 (464)
Built during 1920s (7,033)
Have street view (9,909)
Kentucky (674)
Laurel County, Kentucky (5)
NR-eligible (3,751)
Open (28,322)
 Owned by state (9,811)
Pennsylvania truss (308)
Rockcastle County, Kentucky (5)
Span length 175-250 feet (1,484)
Structurally deficient (16,686)
Through truss (9,212)
Total length 175-250 feet (2,791)
Truss (23,578)

Update Log 

  • October 12, 2011: Updated by Tony Dillon: Added builder
  • October 12, 2011: Updated by Nathan Holth: This Bridge Is Now Slated For Rehabilitation.
  • March 13, 2010: Updated by Bill Eichelberger: Added Google Street View.

Sources 

  • Greg Hall - cyclebay [at] aol [dot] com
  • Bill Eichelberger
  • News Article
  • Nathan Holth
  • Tony Dillon - spansaver [at] hotmail [dot] com
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Rockcastle River KY 490 Bridge
Posted October 12, 2011, by Nathan Holth (form3 [at] historicbridges [dot] org)

I did a serious double-take during this evening's crawl for Historic Bridge Newsroom updates when I found this article that claims the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet is going to rehabilitate a historic truss bridge. http://thetimestribune.com/local/x350479503/Laurel-bridge-to-be-restored

I am extremely happy to see this rare exception to the Cabinet's typical manner of dealing with historic truss bridges.

Rockcastle River KY 490 Bridge
Posted March 31, 2007, by james (jamest917 [at] gmail [dot] com)

heres the bridge

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