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Martin's Fork Greenway Bridge
Photos
South profile, looking downriver
Photo taken by Calvin Sneed in December 2013
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BH Photo #271647
Description
One of two Warren truss (camelback design) bridges built by the L & N on Martin's Fork during the same year at the same time.
Facts
- Overview
- Polygonal Warren pony truss (camelback design) bridge over Cumberland River, Martin's Fork on abandoned railroad
- Location
- Cawood, Harlan County, Kentucky
- Status
- Open to pedestrians
- History
- Built in 1910 to carry Louisville & Nashville spur to coal mines at Crummies, KY
- Builder
- - American Bridge Co. of New York
- Railroads
- - CSX Railroad (CSX)
- Louisville & Nashville Railroad (LN)
- Design
- Polygonal Warren pony truss, camelback design
- Dimensions
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Total length: 100.0 ft.
- Also called
- L&N - Martin's Fork Bridge
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +36.78423, -83.23717 (decimal degrees)
36°47'03" N, 83°14'14" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
- Approximate UTM coordinates
- 17/300369/4073271 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Evarts
- Elevation
- 1.253 ft. above sea level
- Inventory number
- BH 49976 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Update Log
- December 9, 2013: Updated by Calvin Sneed: Added photos, builder, and stats
- December 9, 2013: New Street View added by Luke Harden
- November 1, 2011: Added by J.P.
Sources
- J.P. - wildcatjon2000 [at] gmail [dot] com
- Photo of Bridge - Photo of the bridge
- Calvin Sneed - us43137415 [at] yahoo [dot] com
- Luke