Smithland Bridge
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
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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
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
Comments
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.
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.
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.
This page's URL is http://bridgehunter.com/ky/livingston/smithland/
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...