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Laurel Bridge

Laurel County, Kentucky, and Rockcastle County, Kentucky

Photos 

Photo taken by Greg Hall

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BH Photo #131719

Map 

Street View 

View Uglybridges.com report

Facts 

Overview
Through truss bridge over Rockcastle River on KY 490
Location
Laurel County, Kentucky, and Rockcastle County, Kentucky
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1922; Rehabilitated in 2011.
Builder
- Brookville Bridge Co. of Brookville, Ohio
Design
Pennsylvania through truss
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 200.0 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)
Quadrangle map:
Livingston
Inventory numbers
KY 063-B00004N (Kentucky bridge number)
BH 18857 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 06/2015)
Deck condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Appraisal: Functionally obsolete
Sufficiency rating: 36.7 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2012)
222

Categories 

Brookville Bridge Co. (25)
Built 1922 (609)
Built during 1920s (8,729)
Functionally obsolete (7,947)
Have street view (21,900)
Kentucky (1,126)
Lattice Railing (182)
Laurel County, Kentucky (10)
NR-eligible (3,966)
 Open (36,413)
Owned by state (13,578)
Pennsylvania truss (407)
Preserved (1,053)
Rockcastle County, Kentucky (12)
Span length 175-250 feet (1,798)
Through truss (12,860)
Total length 175-250 feet (3,744)
Truss (29,376)

Update Log 

  • August 23, 2017: Updated by Dave King: Added category "Lattice Railing"
  • August 22, 2017: New photos from Jack Schmidt
  • July 16, 2014: Updated by Nathan Holth: Moved bridge rehabilitation from future prospects to history section.
  • 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
  • Jack Schmidt - jjturtle [at] earthlink [dot] net
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Laurel Bridge
Posted October 11, 2016, by Brian F Lockett (catbus420 [at] gmail [dot] com)

KY-490 is an old (or old-er) alignment of US-25.

Sometime in the 1940's (b/w 1937 and 1951) US-25 was changed so that it goes southwest when it reaches Livingston.

This newer alignment of 25 goes south from Livingston until it meets back up with KY-490 near East Bernstadt.

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...

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