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Old Benton Road Bridge
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Old Benton Road Bridge
The Paducah Sun: September 27 1966
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BH Photo #443092
Description
Built at a cost of $17,00 by the Vincennes Bridge Company in 1906.
The bridge was damaged by a fatal car crash in September 1967. The damage was originally estimated to be $75,000, later dropped to $10,000. The decision was made to replace rather than repair. The new bridge opened in March 1969.
Facts
- Overview
- Lost Through truss bridge over Clark's River on Old Benton Road
- Location
- Farley, McCracken County, Kentucky
- Status
- Replaced by a new bridge
- History
- Built 1906
- Builder
- - Vincennes Bridge Co. of Vincennes, Indiana
- Design
- Through truss
- Also called
- Clark's River Bridge
KY 284 Bridge
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +37.03333, -88.55250 (decimal degrees)
37°01'60" N, 88°33'09" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
- Approximate UTM coordinates
- 16/361920/4099696 (zone/easting/northing)
- Inventory number
- BH 84321 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Update Log
- January 28, 2019: Added by Melissa Brand-Welch
Sources
- Melissa Brand-Welch - melissabrandwelch [at] msn [dot] com