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Collett Bridge
Description
Still shown on the 1968/1983 Bowling Green South 1:24,000-Scale Quadrangle.Prior quadrangles show a USGS gaging station at the bridge.
Facts
- Overview
- Lost through truss bridge over Drakes Creek on Collett Bridge Road
- Location
- Warren County, Kentucky
- Status
- Destroyed by flooding
- Also called
- Drakes Creek Bridge
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +36.89373, -86.38375 (decimal degrees)
36°53'37" N, 86°23'01" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 16/554908/4083260 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Bowling Green South
- Inventory number
- BH 68014 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Update Log
- February 2, 2019: Updated by Tony Dillon: Changed to through truss due to seeing a lateral connection on the upper chord.
- June 14, 2015: Added by Luke via info posted on the forum by Mike P.
Sources
- Luke
- Tony Dillon - spansaver [at] hotmail [dot] com
Comments
Collett Bridge
Not much to add but a facebook page where some folks pondered on this bridge's remains in 2015.
https://www.facebook.com/Kentuckys.Covered.Bridges.Bakers.Do...
Collett Bridge
Melissa, my guess is that this bridge had been abandoned for a long time. Obviously when it fell no one was very concerned about it, so you might not find a news article relating to it.
Collett Bridge
I've been searching for information on this Mystery but nothing so far
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Don, Thank you. I'd love to read it. I am one of the few without FB. I'll check it out soon on my mom's or my friend's account.