Kentucky Website Statistics

All Bridges

• Total listed Kentucky bridges: 636
• Bridges with photos: 392 (61.6%)
• Bridges with Street View: 316 (49.7%)
• Bridges with GPS coordinates: 603 (94.8%)

• Total photos: 5,628

Extant Bridges

• Extant bridges: 481 (75.6% of all)
• Bridges with photos: 330 (68.6% of extant)
• Bridges with Street View: 280 (58.2% of extant)
• Bridges with GPS coordinates: 481 (100.0% of extant)

Lost Bridges

• Lost bridges: 131 (20.6% of all)
• Bridges with photos: 53 (40.5% of lost)
• Bridges with GPS coordinates: 98 (74.8% of lost)

Oldest Listed Bridges

1. Royal Springs Bridge (Scott County, built 1800, open to traffic)
2. Old "Old" Taylorsville Road Bridge (Jefferson County, built 1800's(?), open to pedestrians)
3. "Old" River Road/Goose Creek Bridge (Jefferson County, built 1800's(?), open to pedestrians)
4. Dover/ Lee's Creek Covered Bridge (Mason County, built 1835, open to traffic)
5. Camp Nelson Covered Bridge (Garrard County, built 1838, replaced by new bridge)
6. Sharpsville Covered Bridge (Washington County, built 1853, lost)
7. Switzer Covered Bridge (Franklin County, built 1855, open to pedestrians)
8. Ruddles Mill Covered Bridge (Bourbon County, built 1861, destroyed by fire)
9. Valley Pike Covered Bridge (Mason County, built 1864, open to traffic)
10. Beech Fork Covered Bridge (Washington County, built 1865, open to pedestrians)

By Design

• Arch: 71 (11.2%)
  • Deck arch: 65 (10.2%)
    • Closed-spandrel arch: 31 (4.9%)
    • Luten arch: 2 (0.3%)
    • Open-spandrel arch: 4 (0.6%)
    • Stone arch: 19 (3.0%)
  • Pony arch: 1 (0.2%)
    • Concrete pony arch: 1 (0.2%)
  • Through arch: 5 (0.8%)
    • Concrete through arch: 2 (0.3%)
    • Steel through arch: 3 (0.5%)

• Beam: 116 (18.2%)
  • Stringer: 86 (13.5%)
    • Concrete stringer: 2 (0.3%)
    • Steel stringer: 58 (9.1%)
    • Timber stringer: 22 (3.5%)
  • Concrete tee beam: 30 (4.7%)

• Culvert: 7 (1.1%)
  • Concrete culvert: 1 (0.2%)
  • Stone culvert: 1 (0.2%)

• Ferry: 8 (1.3%)

• Girder: 37 (5.8%)
  • Deck girder: 13 (2.0%)
    • Deck plate girder: 12 (1.9%)
  • Pony/through girder: 17 (2.7%)
    • Pony/through plate girder: 16 (2.5%)

• Other: 1 (0.2%)

• Slab: 10 (1.6%)

• Suspension: 6 (0.9%)
  • Cable-stayed: 2 (0.3%)
  • Wire suspension: 4 (0.6%)

• Truss: 351 (55.2%)
  • Bedstead pony truss: 2 (0.3%)
    • Bedstead Pratt pony truss: 2 (0.3%)
  • Deck truss: 21 (3.3%)
    • Pratt deck truss: 4 (0.6%)
    • Warren deck truss: 9 (1.4%)
    • Whipple deck truss: 1 (0.2%)
  • Pony truss: 99 (15.6%)
    • Bailey pony truss: 1 (0.2%)
    • Bowstring pony truss: 2 (0.3%)
    • Polygonal Warren pony truss: 3 (0.5%)
    • Pratt pony truss: 21 (3.3%)
    • Half-hip Pratt pony truss: 11 (1.7%)
    • Warren pony truss: 19 (3.0%)
      • Warren pony truss with alternating verticals: 1 (0.2%)
  • Through truss: 227 (35.7%)
    • Baltimore through truss: 5 (0.8%)
    • Bowstring through truss: 3 (0.5%)
    • Burr arch-truss: 3 (0.5%)
    • Camelback through truss: 14 (2.2%)
    • Double-intersection Warren through truss: 2 (0.3%)
    • Howe through truss: 4 (0.6%)
    • Kingpost through truss: 3 (0.5%)
    • Lattice through truss: 1 (0.2%)
      • Town lattice truss: 1 (0.2%)
    • Long through truss: 1 (0.2%)
    • Multiple Kingpost through truss: 5 (0.8%)
    • Parker through truss: 24 (3.8%)
    • Pennsylvania through truss: 11 (1.7%)
    • Polygonal Warren through truss: 10 (1.6%)
      • Polygonal Warren through truss with alternating verticals: 1 (0.2%)
      • Polygonal Warren through truss with all verticals: 1 (0.2%)
    • Pratt through truss: 57 (9.0%)
    • Queenpost through truss: 1 (0.2%)
    • Smith through truss: 1 (0.2%)
    • Warren through truss: 32 (5.0%)
      • Warren through truss with alternating verticals: 1 (0.2%)
      • Warren through truss with sub-panels: 1 (0.2%)
      • Warren through truss with all verticals: 2 (0.3%)
    • Wheeler through truss: 1 (0.2%)
    • Whipple through truss: 5 (0.8%)

• Tunnel: 15 (2.4%)

• Unknown: 14 (2.2%)