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Photo taken by James McCray

Overview: Stone covered concrete arch bridge over Cumberland River on KY 90
Location: Cumberland River Falls State Park, Whitley County, Kentucky, and McCreary County, Kentucky
Status: Open to traffic
History: Built 1954
Builder: - Dawson Bridge Co.
Design: Stone covered closed spandrel arch
Dimensions: Length of largest span: 100.0 ft.
Total length: 549.7 ft.
Deck width: 25.9 ft.
Also called: Edward M. Gatliff Memorial Bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude: +36.83556, -84.34000 (decimal degrees)
36°50'08" N, 84°20'24" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates: 16/737209/4079932 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map: Cumberland Falls
Inventory numbers: KY 118-B00037N (Kentucky bridge number)
BH 18961 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 06/2011): Deck condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 48.1 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2011): 1,010

November 10, 2011: Updated by Clark Embree: fixed typo, changed common name, added builder
July 23, 2010: New Street View added by Andrew Hansford
April 20, 2010: Updated by Ed Hollowell: Changed entry to correct structure type.
July 29, 2008: New photos from James McCray

Cumberland River Falls Bridge

Posted April 20, 2010, by Ed Hollowell (erhollowell [at] aol [dot] com)

This structure appears to be of concrete with a stone veneer to give it an appearance of stone. I am changing the entry to reflect this.

Cumberland River Falls Bridge

Posted October 29, 2009, by Kevin Ferguson (floatingmo [at] yahoo [dot] com)

Here is an early morning shot of the bridge in fall. Water is a little muddy as it rained for a week straight prior to that morning.

Cumberland River KY 90 Bridge

Posted June 24, 2008, by kayandjay.net (kayandjay [dot] net)

This bridge is just upstream of Cumberland Falls