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PAL - Clifty Creek Trestle

Grayson County, Kentucky

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Overview
Deck plate girder bridge over Clifty Creek on Paducah And Louisville Railroad
Location
Grayson County, Kentucky
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1934
Railroads
- Illinois Central Railroad (IC; ICG (1972-1988))
- Paducah & Louisville Railway (PAL)
Design
Deck plate girder
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 80.0 ft.
Total length: 891.0 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+37.52360, -86.17794   (decimal degrees)
37°31'25" N, 86°10'41" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
16/572640/4153276 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Big Clifty
Inventory number
BH 53232 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Built 1934 (811)
Built during 1930s (11,950)
Deck girder (6,087)
Girder (10,806)
Grayson County, Kentucky (8)
Have street view (27,846)
Illinois Central Railroad (610)
Kentucky (1,351)
 Open (40,328)
Owned by railroad (13,088)
Paducah & Louisville Railway (18)
Plate girder (8,427)
Railroad (16,165)
Span length 75-100 feet (6,551)
Tall Bridges (325)
Total length 500-1000 feet (2,957)

Update Log 

  • April 2, 2020: Updated by John Marvig: Added information from IC Track Profile
  • August 23, 2012: Updated by J.P.: Added categories "Paducah & Louisville Railway", "Railroad", "Trestle", "Steel trestle"

Sources 

  • J.P. - wildcatjon2000 [at] gmail [dot] com
  • John Marvig - marvigj27 [at] gmail [dot] com

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