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17th Street Wilderness Road Bridge

Bell County, Kentucky

Photos 

Photo taken in October 2010 by Calvin Sneed

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BH Photo #180513

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Street View 

Description 

The date given for this span is likely for when it was placed at this location. A pinned span with this much lacing is ca.1900 or older.

Facts 

Overview
Through truss bridge over Yellow Creek on 17th Street (also known as Wildnerness Road, also old U.S. 25-E)) in Middlesborough
Location
Middlesboro, Bell County, Kentucky
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built ca. 1890
Design
Pinned Warren through truss
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 78.1 ft.
Total length: 89.9 ft.
Deck width: 13.4 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 17.5 ft.
Also called
Wilderness Road Bridge
Old Highway 25-E Bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude
+36.61083, -83.71083   (decimal degrees)
36°36'39" N, 83°42'39" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
17/257550/4055124 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Middlesboro South
Average daily traffic (as of 2010)
67
Inventory numbers
KY 007-C00072N (Kentucky bridge number)
BH 18708 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection report (as of June 2017)
Overall condition: Fair
Superstructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Deck condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 24 (out of 100)
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Categories 

19th Century (6,885)
Bell County, Kentucky (9)
Built during 1890s (2,745)
Have street view (25,405)
Kentucky (1,250)
Middlesboro, Kentucky (1)
One-lane traffic (7,535)
Open (38,211)
Owned by city (4,928)
 Pin-connected (3,697)
Span length 75-100 feet (6,177)
Structurally deficient (15,852)
Through truss (14,039)
Total length 75-100 feet (6,372)
Truss (31,227)
Warren through truss (1,553)
Warren through truss with alternating verticals (37)
Warren truss (6,247)

Update Log 

  • August 26, 2018: New photos from Jack Schmidt
  • November 1, 2016: Updated by Christopher Finigan: Added category "Pin-connected"
  • October 4, 2010: Updated by Anthony Dillon: Changed truss type and added new information
  • October 3, 2010: New photos from Calvin Sneed
  • March 13, 2010: Updated by Bill Eichelberger: Added Google Street View.

Sources 

  • Bill Eichelberger
  • Calvin Sneed - us43137415 [at] yahoo [dot] com
  • Tony Dillon - spansaver [at] hotmail [dot] com
  • Jack Schmidt - jjturtle [at] earthlink [dot] net
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17th Street Wilderness Road Bridge
Posted July 31, 2014, by Nathan Holth (webmaster [at] historicbridges [dot] org)

Very disappointed that nobody has commented further on this bridge. It is a rare pin-connected Warren through truss. It has extremely deep built-up floor beams which strongly suggest this was originally a railroad bridge.