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KY55 Salt River Bridge

Spencer County, Kentucky

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Overview

The Taylorsville Bridge is also known as the Blue Bridge. The bridge is made up of three identical Warren Truss spans.

Photo taken by James McCray

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Facts 

Overview
Lost Pratt through truss bridge over Salt River on KY 55 in Taylorsville
Location
Spencer County, Kentucky
Status
Replaced by a new bridge
History
Built 1932; replaced 2016
Design
Three riveted, 6-panel Pratt through trusses
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 125.9 ft.
Total length: 377.9 ft.
Deck width: 23.9 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 14.9 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+38.02778, -85.34250   (decimal degrees)
38°01'40" N, 85°20'33" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
16/645474/4210193 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Taylorsville
Average daily traffic (as of 2014)
3,344
Inventory numbers
KY 108-B00004N (Kentucky bridge number)
BH 18946 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection report (as of August 2015)
Overall condition: Poor
Superstructure condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Deck condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 20.2 (out of 100)
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Categories 

Built 1932 (988)
Built during 1930s (12,169)
Have street view (28,916)
Kentucky (1,377)
Lattice Railing (343)
Lost (28,529)
Lost 2016 (308)
Lost during 2010s (3,603)
M-frame portal (88)
 Owned by state (16,563)
Pratt through truss (6,061)
Pratt truss (10,305)
Replaced by new bridge (19,403)
Span length 125-175 feet (4,421)
Spencer County, Kentucky (5)
Through truss (16,816)
Total length 250-500 feet (5,511)
Truss (35,500)

Update Log 

  • May 3, 2018: Updated by Dave King: Bridge replaced
  • June 8, 2015: Updated by Nathan Holth: This bridge is now doomed.
  • March 14, 2010: Updated by Bill Eichelberger: Added Google Street View.
  • February 5, 2008: New photos from James McCray

Sources 

  • James McCray - jamesinslocomb [at] yahoo [dot] com
  • Bill Eichelberger
  • Nathan Holth
  • Dave King - DKinghawkfan [at] hotmail [dot] com
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Comments 

Salt River KY 55 Bridge
Posted March 4, 2017, by Walter Laughlin (laughlin [dot] robert [at] gmail [dot] com)

Just in case you're curious where the covered bridge was. The south abutment and the pier footings can still be seen.

Salt River KY 55 Bridge
Posted July 13, 2016, by Brian F Lockett (catbus420 [at] gmail [dot] com)

I haven't actually been by there yet, but I saw pics in the Spencer Magnet...

The bridge has been replaced (just east of the old bridge) and this bridge has been demolished. I'm not sure how great of a change there was in the alignment of KY-55 in the immediate area.

When I first saw plans for the replacement on the KY Transportation website, it was originally planned to be further east and would have lined up with the part of KY-55 that goes north of Taylorsville. From what I've seen in the paper, the road will still be making the "Z" that it has always done in downtown Taylorsville.