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Lake Barkley US 68 Bridge

Trigg County, Kentucky
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Lake Barkley US 68 Bridge

East Approach

Photo taken by C Hanchey in February 2009

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Overview
Through truss bridge over Lake Barkley on US 68
Location
Trigg County, Kentucky
Status
Open to traffic
Future prospects
Slated for demolition and replacement.
History
Built 1932; rehabilitated 1944
Design
Through truss
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 320.8 ft.
Total length: 3,104.2 ft. (0.6 mi.)
Deck width: 20.0 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 17.7 ft.
Recognition
Eligible for the National Register of Historic Places
Also called
US 68 Cumberland River Bridge
Henry R. Lawrence Memorial Bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude
+36.79972, -87.97722   (decimal degrees)
36°47'59" N, 87°58'38" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
16/412821/4073100 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map
Canton
Inventory numbers
KY 111-B00020N (Kentucky bridge number)
BH 18948 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 08/2010)
Deck condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Appraisal: Functionally obsolete
Sufficiency rating: 41.5 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2011)
2,840

Categories 

Built 1932 (744)
Built during 1930s (8,799)
Cumberland River (32)
Doomed (852)
Functionally obsolete (7,111)
Have street view (12,871)
Kentucky (716)
NR-eligible (3,789)
Navigable waterway (1,549)
Open (29,404)
 Owned by state (10,151)
Parker through truss (970)
Parker truss (1,289)
Span length 250-500 feet (896)
Through truss (9,587)
Total length over 2500 feet (626)
Trigg County, Kentucky (4)
Truss (24,153)
US 68 (8)

Update Log 

  • August 17, 2013: New photos from Ben Tate
  • May 26, 2012: New photos from James Baughn
  • January 27, 2012: Updated by Nathan Holth: This bridge is now doomed.
  • March 14, 2010: Updated by Bill Eichelberger: Added Google Street View.
  • February 27, 2009: Updated by C Hanchey: Added memorial bridge name

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Lake Barkley US 68 Bridge
Posted January 20, 2013, by Kim Harvey

This bridge was recently shown on a recent episode of Moonshiners on the Discovery Channel

Lake Barkley US 68 Bridge
Posted January 27, 2012, by Robert Thompson

Will Foss Maritime be handling the demolition for this one, too?

Lake Barkley US 68 Bridge
Posted January 27, 2012, by Bill McGann

It's a truss and it's in Kentucky: of COURSE it's doomed