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Brookside Bridge

Harlan County, Kentucky

Photo 

Brookside Bridge Collapse

Photo uploaded by Art S

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BH Photo #351176

Map 

Facts 

Overview
Lost Pratt through truss bridge over Clover Fork Cumberland River on KY 38
Location
Brookside, Harlan County, Kentucky
Status
Collapsed
History
Built 1918; Collapsed 1978; Replaced 1979
Design
Pratt through truss
Approximate latitude, longitude
+36.85849, -83.25030   (decimal degrees)
36°51'31" N, 83°15'01" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
17/299391/4081538 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Harlan
Inventory number
BH 71663 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Brookside, Kentucky (1)
Built 1918 (497)
Built during 1910s (9,672)
Collapsed (393)
Cumberland River (45)
Harlan County, Kentucky (17)
Kentucky (1,325)
 Lost (24,961)
Lost 1978 (64)
Lost during 1970s (791)
Pratt through truss (5,423)
Pratt truss (9,344)
Through truss (15,173)
Truss (32,953)

Update Log 

  • April 2, 2016: Added by ArtS

Sources 

  • Art Suckewer - Asuckewer [at] knite [dot] com
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Comments 

Brookside Bridge
Posted January 31, 2017, by J. (purrfectangel [at] windstream [dot] net)

There is no Clark Fork River in Harlan County, Kentucky. The river in this picture is the Clover Fork River.