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Clover Creek US 60 Bridge

Breckinridge County, Kentucky

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Overview

The Cloverport Bridge has been beautifully restored and repainted. Several bridges in KY have been painted blue.

Photo taken by James McCray

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Overview
Through truss bridge over Clover Creek on US 60 in Cloverport
Location
Breckinridge County, Kentucky
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1922
Builder
- Pan American Bridge Co. of New Castle, Indiana
Design
Pennsylvania through truss
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 249.9 ft.
Total length: 252.9 ft.
Deck width: 18.7 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 15.1 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+37.83722, -86.63028   (decimal degrees)
37°50'14" N, 86°37'49" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
16/532532/4187819 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Cloverport
Average daily traffic (as of 2011)
1,260
Inventory numbers
KY 014-B00050N (Kentucky bridge number)
BH 18731 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection report (as of August 2017)
Overall condition: Fair
Superstructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Deck condition rating: Very Good (8 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 61.8 (out of 100)
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Categories 

Breckinridge County, Kentucky (10)
Built 1922 (707)
Built during 1920s (9,997)
Functionally obsolete (6,312)
Have street view (27,135)
Kentucky (1,330)
Open (40,023)
Owned by state (16,110)
Painted blue (76)
 Pan American Bridge Co. of New Castle, Indiana (49)
Pennsylvania truss (493)
Riveted (2,201)
Span length 175-250 feet (1,994)
Through truss (15,287)
Total length 250-500 feet (5,274)
Truss (33,151)
US 60 (78)

Update Log 

  • December 27, 2018: New photo from Melissa Brand-Welch
  • April 9, 2010: New Street View added by Nathan Holth
  • May 2, 2009: Updated by C Hanchey
  • February 9, 2009: New photos from James McCray
  • February 24, 2008: New photos from James McCray

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Sources 

  • James McCray - jamesinslocomb [at] yahoo [dot] com
  • C Hanchey - cmh2315fl [at] yahoo [dot] com
  • Nathan Holth
  • Melissa Brand-Welch - melissabrandwelch [at] msn [dot] com
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Clover Creek US 60 Bridge
Posted September 10, 2009, by Jacob Newkirk (jnewkirk77 [at] att [dot] net)

This bridge is actually on Business U.S. 60. The state of Kentucky built a by-pass around Cloverport about 10-15 years ago. However, many people still turn off into Cloverport, and with this honey of a bridge, they should!

Clover Creek US 60 Bridge
Posted August 11, 2009, by Anthony Dillon (spansaver [at] hotmail [dot] com)

Beautiful Pan American span! And a fantastic restoration!