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Livermore Railroad Bridge

McLean County, Kentucky, and Ohio County, Kentucky
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Livermore Railroad Bridge

North bank pier

Photo taken by C Hanchey in February 2009

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Overview
Lost bridge over Green River on Owensboro and Russellville Railroad in Livermore
Location
Livermore, McLean County, Kentucky, and Ohio County, Kentucky
Status
Structure removed except for piers
History
Built 1871-72; Track removed in 1985; Bridge dismantled in 1988
Approximate latitude, longitude
+37.48562, -87.13664   (decimal degrees)
37°29'08" N, 87°08'12" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
16/487920/4148754 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map
Livermore
Inventory number
BH 40565 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

19th Century (3,822)
Built 1872 (41)
Built during 1870s (545)
Green River (Kentucky) (16)
Kentucky (671)
Livermore, Kentucky (1)
 Lost (10,367)
Lost 1988 (59)
Lost during 1980s (436)
McLean County, Kentucky (5)
Ohio County, Kentucky (10)
Owned by railroad (4,046)

Update Log 

  • April 17, 2009: Updated by C Hanchey
  • February 28, 2009: Added by C Hanchey

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Livermore Railroad Bridge
Posted May 18, 2011, by Jeff Wieland (jjwieland [at] gmail [dot] com)

There are a couple of photos of this bridge in the open position, viewed looking down the tracks at the bridge, at http://www.abandonedrails.com/Owensboro_to_Moorman

Livermore Railroad Bridge
Posted September 2, 2010, by walt

I used to jump off of this bridge as a teenager.

What am I going to jump off of now?!!!