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Cow Creek Bridge

Estill County, Kentucky

Photo 

Cow Creek Bridge

The Courier-Journal: January 28 1969

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BH Photo #509308

Map 

Description 

Elegant "M" plaque easily defines this as a product of the Mt. Vernon Bridge Company of Mt. Vernon, Ohio.

Stated length of 75ft is obviously incorrect. It was a 10-panel Whipple truss and was likely closer to 150ft in length.

Facts 

Overview
Lost Whipple through truss bridge over Cow Creek on Miller Creek Road (Ky-1571)
Location
Estill County, Kentucky
Status
Replaced by new bridge
History
Built 1880 by the Mt. Vernon Bridge Company; Replaced 1970
Builder
- Mt. Vernon Bridge Co. of Mt. Vernon, Ohio
Design
10-panel, pinned Whipple through truss
Also called
Ky-1571 Bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude
+37.68028, -83.94333   (decimal degrees)
37°40'49" N, 83°56'36" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
17/240436/4174419 (zone/easting/northing)
Inventory number
BH 94624 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

19th Century (8,635)
Built 1880 (199)
Built during 1880s (2,222)
Estill County, Kentucky (11)
Kentucky (1,377)
Lost (29,047)
Lost 1970 (98)
 Lost during 1970s (971)
Mt. Vernon Bridge Co. (77)
Replaced by new bridge (19,747)
Through truss (17,183)
Truss (35,929)
Whipple truss (473)

Update Log 

  • October 7, 2021: New photo from Melissa Brand-Welch
  • October 7, 2021: Added by Tony Dillon

Sources 

  • Tony Dillon - spansaver [at] hotmail [dot] com
  • Melissa Brand-Welch - melissabrandwelch [at] msn [dot] com

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