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CSX - Levisa Fork Big Sandy River Bridge

Lawrence County, Kentucky

Photos 

Photo taken by Bill Eichelberger in June 2010

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BH Photo #168574

Map 

Street View 

Facts 

Overview
Through truss bridge over Levisa Fork of Big Sandy River on CSX Railroad
Location
Louisa, Lawrence County, Kentucky
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1914 by the American Bridge Company
Builder
- American Bridge Co. of New York
Railroads
- CSX Railroad (CSX)
- Chesapeake & Ohio Railway (C&O; CO)
Design
Polygonal Warren through truss
Also called
CSX - Levisa Fork Bridge
Levisa Fork Railroad Bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude
+38.08039, -82.60081   (decimal degrees)
38°04'49" N, 82°36'03" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
17/359601/4215944 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Louisa
Inventory number
BH 45550 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

American Bridge Co. (1,681)
Built 1914 (869)
Built during 1910s (10,078)
CSX Railroad (1,816)
Chesapeake & Ohio Railway (223)
Have street view (29,911)
Kentucky (1,431)
Lawrence County, Kentucky (11)
Louisa, Kentucky (2)
 Open (41,207)
Owned by railroad (13,731)
Polygonal Warren through truss (474)
Polygonal Warren truss (1,162)
Railroad (16,666)
Through truss (17,899)
Truss (36,816)
Warren truss (7,092)

Update Log 

  • December 23, 2019: New photo from Geoff Hubbs
  • July 5, 2014: New Street View added by Ralph Demars
  • November 13, 2010: Updated by C Hanchey: Added Bridge Builder
  • June 28, 2010: Updated by Bill Eichelberger: Changed railroad name from C&O to CSX.
  • June 27, 2010: Added by Bill Eichelberger

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Sources 

  • Bill Eichelberger
  • C Hanchey - cmh2315fl [at] yahoo [dot] com
  • Geoff Hubbs

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