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Overview

The Clear Creek Bridge is a Bailey Bridge. A Bailey Bridge is a "portable" bridge primarily used by the military due to the fact that it can be constructed and taken down in a very short amount of time. The truss sections of a Bailey Bridge are modular and can be put together and come apart kind of like "Lego" blocks.

Photo taken by James McCray

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Overview: Pony truss bridge over Clear Creek on Jail Hill Road in Shelbyville
Location: Shelby County, Kentucky
Status: Closed to all Traffic
History: Built 1982
Design: Bailey pony truss
Dimensions: Length of largest span: 89.9 ft.
Total length: 90.9 ft.
Deck width: 10.8 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude: +38.21222, -85.21500 (decimal degrees)
38°12'44" N, 85°12'54" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates: 16/656271/4230867 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map: Shelbyville
Inventory numbers: KY 106-C00047N (Kentucky bridge number)
BH 18944 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 06/2009): Deck condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Appraisal: Structurally deficient
Sufficiency rating: 16.4 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2006): 145

Update Log

September 1, 2011: New photos from James McCray
August 30, 2011: Updated by J.P.: Bridge is closed to all traffic
February 5, 2008: New photos from James McCray

Sources

James McCray - jamesinslocomb [at] yahoo [dot] com
J.P. - wildcatjon2000 [at] gmail [dot] com

Comments

Clear Creek Bridge

Posted August 30, 2011, by Tony Dillon (spansaver [at] hotmail [dot] com)

My guess is that this span replaced an earlier through truss at this location in 1982. The cut stone abutments suggest it was a rather old (pre-1900) bridge.