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Kentucky River KY 80 Bridge

Perry County, Kentucky

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Kentucky River KY 80 Bridge

Photo taken by C Hanchey in June 2010

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BH Photo #168467

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Facts 

Overview
Lost Parker through truss bridge over Kentucky River on KY 80 in Combs
Location
Perry County, Kentucky
Status
Replaced by a new bridge
Future prospects
Available for reuse
History
Built 1929
Design
Three-span Parker through truss
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 149.9 ft.
Total length: 455.9 ft.
Deck width: 20.0 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 15.0 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+37.26639, -83.21667   (decimal degrees)
37°15'59" N, 83°13'00" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
17/303446/4126727 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Hazard North
Average daily traffic (as of 2014)
5,121
Inventory numbers
KY 097-B00029N (Kentucky bridge number)
BH 18922 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection report (as of September 2014)
Overall condition: Poor
Superstructure condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Deck condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 23.5 (out of 100)
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Categories 

8-panel truss (557)
Available for reuse (217)
Built 1929 (1,066)
Built during 1920s (10,287)
Have street view (29,316)
KY 80 (4)
Kentucky (1,378)
Kentucky River (45)
Lattice Railing (449)
Lost (29,301)
Lost 2015 (400)
Lost during 2010s (3,630)
 M-frame portal (88)
Owned by state (16,595)
Parker through truss (1,417)
Parker truss (1,813)
Perry County, Kentucky (15)
Replaced by new bridge (19,899)
Span length 125-175 feet (4,468)
Structurally deficient (12,802)
Through truss (17,359)
Total length 250-500 feet (5,565)
Truss (36,135)

Update Log 

  • September 9, 2017: Updated by Dave King: Added categories "8-panel truss", "Lattice Railing", "M-frame portal"
  • April 24, 2017: Updated by Tony Dillon: Updated status to Lost as per forum post.
  • October 24, 2011: Updated by Nathan Holth: This bridge is now doomed.
  • June 25, 2010: New photos from C Hanchey
  • March 13, 2010: Updated by Bill Eichelberger: Added Google Street View.

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Kentucky River KY 80 Bridge
Posted May 15, 2017, by M Cox (trock859[at]yahoo[dot]com)

demolished and replaced

Kentucky River KY 80 Bridge
Posted April 24, 2017, by M Cox (trock859 [at] yahoo [dot] com)

Lost

Kentucky River KY 80 Bridge
Posted February 10, 2016, by ArtS (asuckewer [at] knite [dot] com)

Blown up:

http://www.wkyt.com/content/news/368393461.html

Kentucky River KY 80 Bridge
Posted June 9, 2015, by Nathan Holth (webmaster [at] historicbridges [dot] org)

I think this contract refers to this bridge. Let date was July 11, 2014.

PERRY COUNTY

STP BRO 5271 (039) : HAZARD-HYDEN ROAD (KY-80) REPLACE BRIDGE AND APPROACHES ON KY-80 AT THE CSX RAILROAD AND KENTUCKY RIVER. BRIDGE WITH GRADE, DRAIN & SURFACE. SYP NO. 10-01082.00.

Kentucky River KY 80 Bridge
Posted October 26, 2011, by Tony Dillon (spansaver [at] hotmail [dot] com)

Might be an easier prospect to try and find 3 different takers for 1 span.

Although I would like to have a driveway that required a 3-span bridge!

Kentucky River KY 80 Bridge
Posted October 26, 2011, by David Eike (eikes [at] sbcglobal [dot] net)

Here's another link to the story that includes a bridge photo:

http://bit.ly/vLUboA

Kentucky River KY 80 Bridge
Posted October 26, 2011, by Mike Page (mike [dot] page [at] hotmail [dot] com)

Kentucky is offering to dismantle and deliver the bridge to it's new location, for free, if they can just find someone to take it.

http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/10/25/us-kentucky-bridge...