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Caney Creek Bridge

Grayson County, Kentucky

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Facts 

Overview
Pony truss bridge over Caney Creek on Coon Hollow Road
Location
Grayson County, Kentucky
Status
In storage or disassembled
History
Built 1919, moved to Leitchfield for use in a new park.
Design
Pin-connected, 5-panel Pratt half-hip pony truss
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 85.0 ft.
Total length: 86.9 ft.
Deck width: 11.8 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+37.42083, -86.59083   (decimal degrees)
37°25'15" N, 86°35'27" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
16/536204/4141636 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Spring Lick
Inventory numbers
KY 043-C00018N (Kentucky bridge number)
BH 18795 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Built 1919 (522)
Built during 1910s (9,633)
Grayson County, Kentucky (8)
Half-hip Pratt pony truss (503)
In storage (189)
Kentucky (1,325)
Owned by county (20,782)
Pin-connected (3,901)
 Pony truss (16,182)
Pratt pony truss (3,637)
Pratt truss (9,295)
Span length 75-100 feet (6,429)
Structurally deficient (14,208)
Total length 75-100 feet (6,584)
Truss (32,776)
Wooden deck (6,069)

Update Log 

  • September 22, 2011: Updated by J.P.: added 1992 NBI date which included build year.

Sources 

  • J.P. - wildcatjon2000 [at] gmail [dot] com
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Comments 

Caney Creek Bridge
Posted February 2, 2017, by Mike Robinson (mrobinson [at] ltadd [dot] org)

This bridge has been moved and saved. Grayson County has reinstalled the bridge at a new park they are building in Leitchfield, KY. It is going to be used for pedestrian access from downtown to other park facilities.

Approximate location:

86 17 27.42W

37 28 39.48N

Caney Creek Bridge
Posted May 6, 2011, by Tony Dillon (spansaver [at] hotmail [dot] com)

May have been relocated there in 35'.....but yes definitely older than that!

Caney Creek Bridge
Posted May 6, 2011, by Matt Lohry

This bridge is definitely older than 1935--given the light construction and the use of pinned connections, probably 1900-1905 would be a more likely build date. Bob, don't feel too sad about the old bridge--it's still there, and that's more than we can say for most historic bridges that get replaced! ;>) Now, hopefully, it will be rehabbed for pedestrians sometime in the near future...

Caney Creek Bridge
Posted May 4, 2011, by Aaron Dockery (aaron [dot] dockery163 [at] topper [dot] wku [dot] edu)

This is a powerpoint presentation of photographs of the Caney Creek Bridge completed for a Materials Civil Engineering course at Western Kentucky University.

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