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Dover/ Lee's Creek Covered Bridge

Mason County, Kentucky
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Photo taken by Bill Eichelberger in October 2008

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Overview
Covered bridge over Lee Creek on Tuckahoe Road in Dover
Location
Mason County, Kentucky
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1835; rehabilitated 1966
Design
Queenpost through truss
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 58.1 ft.
Total length: 61.0 ft.
Deck width: 11.8 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 10.0 ft.
Recognition
Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on March 26, 1976
Approximate latitude, longitude
+38.74975, -83.87886   (decimal degrees)
38°44'59" N, 83°52'44" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
17/249815/4292942 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map
Germantown
Inventory numbers
NRHP 76000923 (National Register of Historic Places reference number)
KY 081-B00048N (Kentucky bridge number)
BH 18887 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 11/2011)
Deck condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Appraisal: Functionally obsolete
Sufficiency rating: 30.5 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2011)
5

Categories 

19th Century (3,822)
Built 1835 (7)
Built during 1830s (89)
Covered (925)
Functionally obsolete (7,042)
Have street view (9,909)
Kentucky (674)
Mason County, Kentucky (8)
NR-listed (2,354)
 One-lane traffic (7,112)
Open (28,322)
Owned by state (9,811)
Queenpost truss (157)
Span length 50-75 feet (6,996)
Through truss (9,212)
Total length 50-75 feet (6,898)
Truss (23,578)

Update Log 

  • March 13, 2010: Updated by Bill Eichelberger: Added Google Street View.
  • January 5, 2010: Updated by Bill Eichelberger: It IS a covered bridge.
  • October 31, 2008: New photos from Bill Eichelberger
  • October 16, 2008: New photos from Bill Eichelberger

Sources 

  • Bill Eichelberger
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Dover/ Lee's Creek Covered Bridge
Posted February 11, 2010, by Brian (catbus420 [at] gmail [dot] com)

This bridge still exists but has been bypassed. Went there earlier this year and it is now on a "loop" while the road itself has a new bridge. Wanted to go down to it but there were people parked by it and talking (didn't know whether they were chatting or doing a deal, so just went on).

I couldn't tell from the main road whether you could still drive over the bridge or just go up to it and walk (like the Mooresville/458 bridge in Washington County).

Lee's Creek Covered Bridge
Posted October 30, 2007, by Bill Eichelberger (wallyum [at] hotmail [dot] com)

I first started tracking down covered bridges in 1986, and the Lee's Creek bridge was my first. I wonder how many people have passed by it on Rt. 8 over the years without even knowing it was there.

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