KY644 Levisa Fork Bridge
Facts
- Overview
- Through truss bridge over Levisa Fork of Big Sandy on KY 644
- Location
- Lawrence County, Kentucky
- Status
- Open to traffic
- History
- Built ?; One span built 1904 by the King Bridge Co.; Converted to road use after 1914; rehabilitated 1970
- Builder
- - King Bridge Co. of Cleveland, Ohio
- Railroad
- - Chesapeake & Ohio Railway (C&O; CO)
- Design
- Through truss
- Dimensions
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Length of largest span: 170.9 ft.
Total length: 470.0 ft.
Deck width: 12.1 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 14.0 ft.
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +38.08028, -82.59972 (decimal degrees)
38°04'49" N, 82°35'59" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 17/359697/4215930 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Louisa
- Average daily traffic (as of 2015)
- 1,166
- Inventory numbers
- KY 064-B00038N (Kentucky bridge number)
BH 18860 (Bridgehunter.com ID) - Inspection report (as of April 2018)
- Overall condition: Fair
Superstructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Deck condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 32.2 (out of 100)
View more at BridgeReports.com
Update Log
- April 4, 2021: Updated by Sherman Cahal: Built 1883
- June 25, 2018: Updated by Nathan Holth: Added category Phoenix columns.
- June 22, 2018: Updated by Luke: Noted conversion to road use
- August 17, 2017: Updated by Christopher Finigan: Added category "Pin-connected"
- July 5, 2014: New Street View added by Ralph Demars
- July 7, 2010: Updated by Bill Eichelberger: Added truss type.
- June 26, 2010: New photos from Bill Eichelberger
Related Bridges
- CSX - Levisa Fork Big Sandy River Bridge (Successor)
Sources
- Bill Eichelberger
- Luke
- Nathan Holth
- Sherman Cahal
Comments
Confirmed via the railroad historical society.
Looking at previous links to pictures, it appears that this possibly is an old railroad bridge. The previous flikr shot from below the Pratt span shows a stringer configuration typical of railroad bridges.
This is a three span Pratt through truss bridge with one regular (King?) and two Phoenix spans
Found some more pics:
non-Phoenix (King?):
https://www.flickr.com/photos/21953562@N07/5193365016/in/poo...
center span Phoenix:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/21953562@N07/5193353558/in/poo...
shot from below abutment on non-Phoenix span side:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/21953562@N07/5193344752/in/poo...
My guess would be that the King Bridge Co. built the newer span.
I agree Anthony. It has what appears to be Phoenix Columns and the details on the bridge are very Phoenix Bridge Co looking. I would assume this was fabricated by Phoenix Bridge Co and installed by King Bridge Co. Anyone know if this can be verified?
Very similar to the Tug Fork Bridge
http://bridgehunter.com/wv/mcdowell/24A240/
and obviously of earlier origin as well. Date may apply to the span that is mismatched with it.
This page's URL is http://bridgehunter.com/ky/lawrence/64B00038N/
https://bridgehunter.com/ky/greenup/hopewell/
This bridge looks very similar to the 1868 Hopewell Bridge (NR listed) in neighboring Greenup County.