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Smithland Bridge

Livingston County, Kentucky

Photos 

Side view

Photo taken by Nathan Morton

BH Photo #103331

Map 

Street View 

Facts 

Overview
Through truss bridge over Cumberland River on US 60 at Smithland
Location
Livingston County, Kentucky
Status
Open to traffic
Future prospects
As of June 2020, a three year replacement contract has been awarded. Historic bridge will be maintained until modern bridge is complete.
History
Built 1931; rehabilitated 1954
Builders
- Modjeski & Masters of Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania (Design)
- Nashville Bridge Co. of Nashville, Tennessee
- Ralph Modjeski of Bochnia, Poland (Design)
Design
Warren through truss
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 500.0 ft.
Total length: 1,817.4 ft.
Deck width: 20.0 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 13.8 ft.
Recognition
Eligible for the National Register of Historic Places
Also called
Lucy Jefferson Lewis Memorial Bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude
+37.14833, -88.39958   (decimal degrees)
37°08'54" N, 88°23'58" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
16/375709/4112244 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Smithland
Average daily traffic (as of 2015)
4,299
Inventory numbers
KY 070-B00017N (Kentucky bridge number)
BH 18873 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection report (as of June 2018)
Overall condition: Fair
Superstructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Deck condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 45.9 (out of 100)
View more at BridgeReports.com

Categories 

Built 1931 (943)
Built during 1930s (11,816)
Cumberland River (46)
Doomed (999)
Have street view (27,199)
Kentucky (1,330)
Livingston County, Kentucky (20)
Modjeski & Masters (25)
NR-eligible (4,060)
Nashville Bridge Co. (33)
Navigable waterway (2,164)
 Open (40,012)
Owned by state (16,138)
Ralph Modjeski (49)
Span length 500-1000 feet (392)
Through truss (15,352)
Total length 1000-2500 feet (1,896)
Truss (33,250)
US 60 (78)
Warren through truss (1,629)
Warren truss (6,653)

Update Log 

  • June 26, 2020: Updated by Nathan Holth: Updated Status
  • February 10, 2019: New photos from Melissa Brand-Welch
  • September 16, 2016: New photos from Jack Schmidt
  • April 1, 2014: Updated by Nathan Holth: Added Modjeski and Masters as engineer.
  • August 17, 2013: New photos from Ben Tate
  • June 25, 2013: Updated by Nathan Holth: This bridge is at risk for demolition.
  • September 23, 2012: New photos from James McCray
  • April 9, 2010: New Street View added by Nathan Holth
  • February 27, 2009: Updated by C Hanchey: Added memorial bridge name
  • February 26, 2007: Posted photos from Nathan Morton

Sources 

  • Nathan Morton - morton890 [at] yahoo [dot] com
  • C Hanchey - cmh2315fl [at] yahoo [dot] com
  • Nathan Holth
  • James McCray - jamesinslocomb [at] yahoo [dot] com
  • Ben Tate - benji5221 [at] yahoo [dot] com
  • Jack Schmidt - jjturtle [at] earthlink [dot] net
  • Melissa Brand-Welch - melissabrandwelch [at] msn [dot] com
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Comments 

Smithland Bridge
Posted June 26, 2020, by Nathan Holth (webmaster [at] historicbridges [dot] org)

Its official... This beautiful riveted historic through truss is going to be replaced by a boring ugly non-historic welded and bolted truss.

https://www.heraldledger.com/news/63-6-million-contract-awar...

Smithland Bridge
Posted July 19, 2010, by Keith Todd (keith [dot] todd [at] ky [dot] gov)

The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet has a contractor currently replacing joints, repairing curbs, and placing a deck overlay on the US 60 Cumberland River Bridge at Smithland. Work on the $991,424 project is expected to be complete by August 15, 2009.

Smithland Bridge
Posted June 5, 2010, by Madison

I think that once they finish the new bridge at the Tennessee river, they'll move over to this one and either fix it up or build a new one. Sad thing is, even if they do, it'll be several years before they build a new one.

Smithland Bridge
Posted August 5, 2007, by Tina Jepsen (jepsen [at] tds [dot] net)

This bridge is in serious need of replacement. Our school children cross this bridge twice daily. it is in the center of our county and is a danger to anyone crossing this bridge. There are no plans to replace this bridge and it is clearly a danger to everyone. this is a real concern to me and has been for a very long time.