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Logan Mill Bridge
Facts
- Overview
- Pratt through truss bridge over Red River on Logan Mill Road
- Location
- Logan County, Kentucky
- Status
- Open to traffic
- Future prospects
- Rehabilitated
- History
- Built 1925; Rehabilitated 2014.
- Design
- Pin-connected, 6-panel Pratt through truss
- Dimensions
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Length of largest span: 89.9 ft.
Total length: 94.1 ft.
Deck width: 11.8 ft.
- Also called
- Red River Bridge
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +36.67829, -86.93209 (decimal degrees)
36°40'42" N, 86°55'56" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 16/506067/4059187 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Dot
- Average daily traffic (as of 2006)
- 51
- Inventory numbers
- KY 071-C00023N (Kentucky bridge number)
BH 18875 (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: Good (7 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 23.4 (out of 100)
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Update Log
- December 7, 2014: Updated by Nathan Holth: This bridge was rehabbed instead of replaced.
- May 21, 2013: Updated by Nathan Holth: This bridge is now doomed. Also, Merged 2010 Forum Post Photos
- September 24, 2011: New photos from J.P.
- April 16, 2009: Updated by C Hanchey
Sources
- C Hanchey - cmh2315fl [at] yahoo [dot] com
- J.P. - wildcatjon2000 [at] gmail [dot] com
- Nathan Holth
Comments
Red River Bridge
Some photos of the bridge after the rehab
Red River Bridge
Apparently this bridge was rehabbed and not replaced!
http://www.newsdemocratleader.com/news/news/150720418/Logan-...
Red River Bridge
Although the abutments look as if they are from and earlier span, this bridge is still older than the 1925 date given.
Looks more akin to ca. 1900
Red River Bridge
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Yes, the abutments are significantly older than the bridge. The abutments are clearly Antebellum and given that the original span was a double-barrel due to the width of the masonry, I would estimate circa 1832 and built by James Carrothers would be a reasonable guess.
What is not known is if the original covered bridge survived the Civil War or was replaced by a second one which was very common in the Commonwealth.
Unfortunately, no photographs of the covered bridge(s) at this location have been discovered.