Top Ranked Kentucky Bridges

Mill Street Tunnel (Pendleton County, Kentucky)
Rated 100% with 2 votes
Tunnel under CSX rail line in Butler
Open to traffic
Old US 27 Burnside Tunnel (Pulaski County, Kentucky)
Rated 100% with 2 votes
Tunnel on US 27
Closed to all traffic
Built 1927-1928; abandoned 1950
Hifner Road-Clear Creek Bridge (Woodford County, Kentucky)
Rated 100% with 2 votes
Pratt through truss bridge over Clear Creek on Hifner Road
Open to traffic
Built or relocated here in 1930; reconstructed with modern girders in 1999
L&N - Ford Bridge (1907) (Clark County, Kentucky)
Rated 99% with 2 votes
Abandoned through truss bridge over Kentucky River on L&N
Abandoned
Built 1907;
Kinniconnick Creek KY 8 Bridge (Lewis County, Kentucky)
Rated 99% with 2 votes
Lost through truss bridge over Kinniconnick Creek on KY 8
Replaced by a new bridge
Built ca. 1930
Goddard Covered Bridge 17-35-06 (Fleming County, Kentucky)
Rated 98% with 2 votes
Covered bridge over Sand Lick Creek on KY 3110
Open to traffic
Goddard Covered Bridge is the only Town Lattice Truss Covered Bridge in KY. Original building date unknown but design patented in 1820. Bridge placed on National Register of Historic Places in 1975. Bridge restored in 2006.
Brooklyn Bridge (Mercer County, Kentucky)
Rated 97% with 2 votes
Lost Through truss bridge over Kentucky River on US 68 west of Wilmore
Replaced by new bridge
Built 1871, opened Oct. 13, 1871, collapsed on November 20, 1953, replaced in 1955
Green River US 62 Bridge (Ohio County, Kentucky)
Rated 97% with 2 votes
Through truss bridge over Green River on US 62 in Rockport
Open to traffic
Built 1938
Brashears Creek Bridge (Shelby County, Kentucky)
Rated 97% with 3 votes
Lost through truss bridge over Brashears Creek on Picketts Dam Road
No longer exists
Built ca. 1940; replaced 2000
David Hahn's Bridge (Spencer County, Kentucky)
Rated 97% with 2 votes
Abandoned pony truss bridge on an old alignment of Franklin Road
Abandoned
Bypassed by new bridge in 1982
Hopewell Bridge (Greenup County, Kentucky)
Rated 96% with 2 votes
Whipple through truss bridge over Little Sandy River on KY 3306
Open to traffic
Built 1868; rehabilitated 1990
Red Bridge (Franklin County, Kentucky)
Rated 95% with 2 votes
Abandoned pratt through truss bridge over Benson Creek on old KY 1005 (Devil's Hollow Rd.)
Abandoned
Built 1896 by the King Bridge Co.; replaced by new bridge in 1980.
PAL - Green River Bridge (Muhlenberg County, Kentucky)
Rated 95% with 4 votes
Through truss bridge over Green River on Paducah & Louisville Railway
Open to traffic
Replaced a 1870's Swing Bridge, Built 1931 for the Illinois Central Railroad by the Virginia Bridge Company.
Boldman Bridge (Pike County, Kentucky)
Rated 95% with 3 votes
Lost wire suspension bridge over Big Sandy River on Kentucky Route 1364 in Pikeville
Replaced by new bridge
Built Circa 1935; replaced by new bridge 1983
CSX - Levisa Subdivision Bridge (Pike County, Kentucky)
Rated 95% with 4 votes
Parker Camelback through truss bridge over Big Sandy River (Levisa Fork) at junction with Russell Fork on former CSX Levisa Branch
Derelict/abandoned
Built 1894 by the Pencoyd Bridge & Construction Co. over Big Sandy River, moved c. 1945 to serve the Levisa Subdivision.
12th Street Bridge (Boyd County, Kentucky)
Rated 94% with 6 votes
Cantilevered Warren through truss bridge (riveted) over Ohio River on U.S. 23 Spur (12th Street) in Ashland
Open to traffic, two lanes, one way southbound
Built 1930; rehabilitated 1986
Rock Lick Creek Bridge (Breckinridge County, Kentucky)
Rated 94% with 14 votes
Bowstring through truss bridge over Rock Lick Creek on Abandoned Road
Open to pedestrians
Built around 1880 by the King Bridge Co.
Twin Bridges (Henderson County, Kentucky)
Rated 94% with 7 votes
Pair of cantilevered through truss bridges over the Ohio River on US 41. Rehabilitated 2008
Open to traffic
Northbound bridge built 1932; southbound built 1965
Kentucky & Indiana Bridge (1912) (Jefferson County, Kentucky)
Rated 94% with 7 votes
Through truss railroad bridge over Ohio River between Louisville and New Albany
Open to railroad traffic
Built 1912; Interurban traffic ends 1946; road deck partially collapsed and closed to northbound traffic. Company employees can use southbound lane.
River Road Bridge (Old) (Jefferson County, Kentucky)
Rated 94% with 3 votes
Stone arch bridge over Goose Creek on old alignment of River Road
Open to pedestrians
Bridge probably built sometime in the early-mid 1800's and still exists. The new bridge was built alongside in 1935.
Bloomfield Bridge (Nelson County, Kentucky)
Rated 94% with 2 votes
Concrete tee beam bridge over East Fork Simpson Creek on KY 48
Replaced by a new bridge
Built 1930
Chenault Bridge (Boyle County, Kentucky)
Rated 93% with 3 votes
Through truss bridge over Dix River/Herrington Lake on KY 3042
Closed
Built 1924; rehabilitated 1961
McCool's Creek Bridge (Carroll County, Kentucky)
Rated 93% with 6 votes
Bowstring pony truss bridge over Ravine on Carrollton Riverwalk
Open to pedestrians only
Built ca. 1869. Originally carried an old alignment of US 42 over McCool's Creek. Moved over a ravine between Two Rivers Campground and Point Park in Carrollton in August, 2013.
CSX - Kentucky River Bridge (Clark County, Kentucky)
Rated 93% with 2 votes
Camelback through truss bridge over Kentucky River on CSX Railroad
Open to traffic
Owensboro Bridge (Daviess County, Kentucky)
Rated 93% with 7 votes
Through truss bridge over Ohio River on IN 161 (formerly US 231) at downtown Owensboro
Open to two-lane traffic
Opened June 1940
Singing Bridge (Franklin County, Kentucky)
Rated 93% with 6 votes
Pennsylvania through truss bridge over Kentucky River on US 60 in Frankfort
Open to traffic
Built 1893; rehabilitated 1956; rehabilitated 2010 and 2016
Benson Creek Bridge (Franklin County, Kentucky)
Rated 93% with 3 votes
Whipple through truss bridge over Benson Creek on a pedestrian trail at the end of Taylor Ave. in Frankfort
Open to pedestrians
Built 1881; Rehabilitated 1996
Bennett's Mill Covered Bridge (Greenup County, Kentucky)
Rated 93% with 4 votes
Wheeler truss covered bridge over Tygart's Creek on KY 1215
Open to traffic
Built ca. 1872; reconstructed 2003
New Eggner Ferry Bridge (Marshall County, Kentucky)
Rated 93% with 2 votes
Arch bridge over Kentucky Lake on Us 68/KY80
Open to traffic
Built 2016
North Fork Kentucky River KY 451 Bridge (Perry County, Kentucky)
Rated 93% with 3 votes
Lost through truss bridge over North Fork Kentucky River on KY 451 in Hazard
Replaced by a new bridge
Built 1927; replaced 2015
Engineer Street Bridge (Whitley County, Kentucky)
Rated 93% with 3 votes
Pratt through truss bridge over Lynn Camp Creek in Corbin
Preserved and open to pedestrians as part of a city park
Built ca.1880
Clay's Ferry Bridge (Fayette County, Kentucky)
Rated 92% with 2 votes
Deck truss bridge over the Kentucky River on I-75/US 25/US 421 at Clay's Ferry south of Lexington
Open to six lanes of traffic
Built 1998 by the C.J. Mahan Construction Co. to replace a pair of deck truss bridges from 1946 and 1963
West Prestonsburg Bridge (Floyd County, Kentucky)
Rated 92% with 5 votes
Concrete through arch bridge over the Levisa Fork of the Big Sandy River on West Bridge Street in Prestonsburg
Closed to all traffic
Built 1925 by Steel & Lebby Contracting Co.
Bridges to the Past (Bridge #2) (Hardin County, Kentucky)
Rated 92% with 4 votes
Stone arch bridge over East Fork Tioga Creek on the "Bridges to the Past" walking trail, a restored section of the old L&N Turnpike (Old Dixie Hwy/US 31) in Fort Knox
Open to pedestrians
Built ca. 1837. Placed on National Register of Historic Places in 1996. For more info see Bridges to the Past (Bridge #1)
Highway 2007 - Wallins Creek Arch Bridge (Harlan County, Kentucky)
Rated 92% with 2 votes
Luten concrete arch bridge over Little Creek on County Road 2007 in South Wallins
Open to traffic
Built 1929
George Rogers Clark Memorial Bridge (Jefferson County, Kentucky)
Rated 92% with 5 votes
Polygonal Warren cantilevered through truss bridge over Ohio River on US 31 between Louisville and Jeffersonville
Open to traffic
Built 1929 by the American Bridge Co.; tolls removed 1946; rehabilitated 1958
Eggner's Ferry Bridge (Marshall County, Kentucky)
Rated 92% with 11 votes
Lost through truss bridge over Tennessee River on US 68/KY 80
Replaced by a new bridge
Built 1932; one span demolished after strike from ship on January 26, 2012; reopened to traffic on May 25, 2012, demolished July 2016
Falmouth Bridge (1927) (Pendleton County, Kentucky)
Rated 92% with 3 votes
Two-span through truss bridge over Licking River on KY 22 at Falmouth
Demolished and replaced
Built 1927; rehabilitated 1972; demolished 2013
US68 Lake Barkley Bridge (Trigg County, Kentucky)
Rated 92% with 4 votes
Parker through truss bridge over Lake Barkley on US 68
Replaced by a new bridge
Built 1932; rehabilitated 1944; demolished 2018
Old Sulphur-Bedford Road Bridge (Trimble County, Kentucky)
Rated 92% with 4 votes
Abandoned through truss bridge over Little Kentucky River on Sulphur-Bedford Road (KY 3175)
Abandoned
Built 1901; bridge abandoned in 1999 when new concrete bridge was built
College Street Bridge (Warren County, Kentucky)
Rated 92% with 4 votes
Pratt through truss bridge over Barren River on College Street
Open to pedestrians
First bridge built 1839. Bridge burned during Civil War in 1862 by Confederate Soldiers. Second bridge built in 1864. Present bridge replaced second bridge in 1915 but original (first bridge) main span pier remains in use to this day.
RJCC - Cedar Brook Viaduct (Anderson County, Kentucky)
Rated 91% with 3 votes
Steel stringer bridge over Cedar Brook Road and Cedar Brook on Lexington and Ohio Railroad
Intact but closed to all traffic
Old Railroad Lane Cumberland River Bridge (Knox County, Kentucky)
Rated 91% with 5 votes
Through truss bridge over Cumberland River on Old Railroad Lane
Open to traffic
Built 1905 for the Cumberland Railroad Company
Laurel Bridge (Laurel County, Kentucky)
Rated 91% with 3 votes
Through truss bridge over Rockcastle River on KY 490
Open to traffic
Built 1922; Rehabilitated in 2011.
Old Crooked Creek Road Bridge (Anderson County, Kentucky)
Rated 90% with 4 votes
Pratt through truss bridge over East Prong Crooked Creek on an old alignment of Crooked Creek Road (now a private driveway)
Open to private traffic only
Built 1903
Central Bridge (Campbell County, Kentucky)
Rated 90% with 4 votes
Lost through truss bridge over Ohio River on US 27
Replaced by a new bridge
Built 1891 by the King Bridge Co.; demolished using explosives in 1992
Old Highway 119 Bridge (Harlan County, Kentucky)
Rated 90% with 2 votes
Baltimore through truss bridge over Cumberland River, Clover Fork on KY 840
Removed as the Cumberland River was re-routed such that a bridge is no longer needed.
Built 1924 by the Vincennes Bridge Co.; rehabilitated 1954----One of two nearby river crossings utilizing Baltimore through truss spans. Replaced 1999.
John F. Kennedy Memorial Bridge (Jefferson County, Kentucky)
Rated 90% with 3 votes
Cantilevered through truss bridge over Ohio River on I-65 in Louisville
Being reconfigured for one way traffic
Built 1963 by the Allied Structural Steel Company. Rebuilt 2016 to serve southbound only traffic
Old Sublimity Bridge (Laurel County, Kentucky)
Rated 90% with 4 votes
Pratt pony truss bridge over Rockcastle River on a pedestrian path
Open to pedestrians
Built ca. 1930
Bayou Creek Bridge (Livingston County, Kentucky)
Rated 90% with 4 votes
Abandoned pratt pony truss bridge over Bayou Creek
Abandoned
Driveway Bridge (Scott County, Kentucky)
Rated 90% with 3 votes
Pratt pony truss bridge over a branch of Elkhorn Creek on a private driveway
Open to traffic
Built 1892
Beech Fork Covered Bridge 17-115-01 (Washington County, Kentucky)
Rated 90% with 7 votes
Two-span covered bridge over Beech Fork River on KY 458
Destroyed by arson at 11:00-11:30 p.m. March 9, 2021
Built 1865 by Cornelius Barnes; made obsolete by new bridge in 1977; rehabilitated 1982 & 2017
East Prong Crooked Creek Bridge (Anderson County, Kentucky)
Rated 89% with 3 votes
Pony truss bridge over East Prong Crooked Creek on CR 1305
Open to traffic
Built ca. 1890 by the Champion Bridge Co.
Old Clay's Ferry Bridge (Fayette County, Kentucky)
Rated 89% with 11 votes
Two-span through truss bridge over Kentucky River on KY 2328 (Old US 25) in Lexington
Open to traffic
Built 1871; rehabilitated 1955
Baxter Bridge (Harlan County, Kentucky)
Rated 89% with 6 votes
Abandoned Baltimore through truss bridge over Cumberland River, Clover Fork on KY 840
Abandoned
Built 1924-1925 by the Vincennes Bridge Company, served as the U.S. 119 Bridge, old U.S. 421 junction at north end. Bypassed in 1977 with the opening of the new US 421 bridge. Closed 1993.
Sandy Watkins Park/Old Augusta-Turtle Creek Bridge (Henderson County, Kentucky)
Rated 89% with 2 votes
Bowstring pony truss bridge over a canal linking two ponds in Sandy Watkins Park on a pedestrian trail
Open to pedestrians only
Built 1880 and moved to Augusta, KY in 1920s; later moved to Sandy Watkins Park
KT - Big South Fork Cumberland River Arch Bridge (McCreary County, Kentucky)
Rated 89% with 2 votes
Arch bridge over Big South Fork Cumberland River on former K&T Railroad
Closed to all traffic
Built 1907; closed 1966.
Old Brownsboro Road Bridge (Oldham County, Kentucky)
Rated 89% with 4 votes
Abandoned stone arch bridge over an old alignment of Brownsboro Road/KY 1694 on Abandoned stone arch bridge over Harrods Creek on an old alignment of Brownsboro Road/KY 1694
Abandoned
Bridge built 1900. New bridge build as a replacement in 1967. Bridge currently sits abandoned next to the new bridge.
Justell Bridge (Floyd County, Kentucky)
Rated 88% with 2 votes
Warren w/verticals Camelback polygonal through truss bridge over Levisa Fork, Big Sandy River on CR 2557
Open to traffic
Big Four Bridge (1929) (Jefferson County, Kentucky)
Rated 88% with 20 votes
Rail-Trail six-span through truss railroad bridge over the Ohio River at Louisville
Open to pedestrians only
Built 1929 using preexisting stone piers. Interurban traffice ends 1939; Approches scrapped 1974.
LIRC - Falls of the Ohio Bridge (Jefferson County, Kentucky)
Rated 88% with 8 votes
Through truss railroad bridge over the Ohio River at Louisville
Open to railroad traffic
Built 1919
18th Street Lift Bridge (1915) (Jefferson County, Kentucky)
Rated 88% with 3 votes
Lost Through truss bridge over Louisville & Portland Canal on 18th Street
Removed
Built June 23, 1915, Removed 1957
Glass Mill Bridge (Jessamine County, Kentucky)
Rated 88% with 3 votes
Four-span stone arch bridge over Jessamine Creek on Ky-1268 in Wilmore
Open to traffic
Built ca. 1930 by the Works Progress Administration; rehabilitated 1966
Knob Creek Bridge (Larue County, Kentucky)
Rated 88% with 2 votes
Warren pony truss bridge over Knob Creek on Blanton Road
Open to traffic
Built ca. 1915
Elkhorn Bridge Street (Old SR 80) Russell Fork Bridge (Pike County, Kentucky)
Rated 88% with 2 votes
Camelback through truss bridge over Russell Fork Big Sandy River on former KY 80
Closed to vehicular/pedestrian traffic
Built 1912 by the Champion Bridge Co.; Bypassed by new bridge in 1950
Cumberland Falls Bridge (Whitley County, Kentucky)
Rated 88% with 4 votes
Stone covered concrete arch bridge over Cumberland River on KY 90
Open to traffic
Built 1954
Young's High Bridge (Anderson County, Kentucky)
Rated 87% with 5 votes
Cantilevered deck truss bridge over Kentucky River on former Southern Railway
Closed to all traffic
Built 1889, closed to traffic in November 1985
Plum Creek Court Bridge (Bullitt County, Kentucky)
Rated 87% with 2 votes
Pony truss bridge over Plum Creek on Plum Creek Court
Open to traffic
Berry Bridge (Green County, Kentucky)
Rated 87% with 3 votes
Abandoned Camelback through truss bridge over Green River on Old Ferry Road
Abandoned
Built 1908. Deemed unsafe in 1981
Bridges to the Past (Bridge #1) (Hardin County, Kentucky)
Rated 87% with 3 votes
Stone arch bridge over East Fork Tioga Creek on the "Bridges to the Past" walking trail, a restored section of the old L&N Turnpike (Old Dixie Hwy/US 31) in Fort Knox
Open to pedestrians
L&N Turnpike chartered by KY government in 1829. Construction of L&N Turnpike began in 1837 including bridges and completed in 1849. Placed on National Register of Historic Places in 1996.
NS - High Bridge (Jessamine County, Kentucky)
Rated 87% with 5 votes
Cantilever Bridge over Kentucky River on Norfolk Southern Railway (former Cincinnati Southern Railway) in High Bridge
Open to traffic
Built in 1911 to replace the original bridge built in 1877
Old KY 169 Bridge (Jessamine County, Kentucky)
Rated 87% with 4 votes
Lost Warren pony truss bridge over Hickman Creek on old 169
Removed by not replaced
Built 1915 by the Empire Bridge Co. of Lexington, KY to replace a covered bridge, Abandoned Spring 1987; Demolished Novermber 2011
Levi Rd/CSX Railroad Bridge (Laurel County, Kentucky)
Rated 87% with 2 votes
Timber stringer bridge over CSX Railroad on Levi Rd
Open to traffic
Old Dogtown Road Bridge (Marshall County, Kentucky)
Rated 87% with 2 votes
Pratt through truss bridge over East Fork of Clarks River on Old Dogtown Road
Intact but closed to all traffic
Built 1919
Old Richardsville Road Bridge (Warren County, Kentucky)
Rated 87% with 16 votes
Three span Bowstring Arch Truss bridge over Barren River on Old Richardsville Road in Bowling Green
Open to traffic
Built 1889; Rehabilitated 2021
Tyrone Bridge (Anderson County, Kentucky)
Rated 86% with 5 votes
Deck truss bridge over Kentucky River
Open to traffic
Built 1932 by the Virginia Bridge Co., this crossing was extensively rehabilitated in 2006.
Bradford Bridge (Bracken County, Kentucky)
Rated 86% with 4 votes
Abandoned pony truss bridge over Little Snag Creek
Abandoned
Little Sandy River Bridge (Carter County, Kentucky)
Rated 86% with 3 votes
Abandoned pratt through truss bridge over Little Sandy River on an old alignment of KY 1/a former railroad
Derelict/abandoned
Built 1880
Chaplin River Bridge (Mercer County, Kentucky)
Rated 86% with 5 votes
Lost Pratt through truss bridge over Chaplin River on Deep Creek Road
Replaced by a new bridge
Built 1915
CSX - Barren River Bridge (Warren County, Kentucky)
Rated 86% with 2 votes
Through truss bridge over Barren River on the CSX Railroad
Open to traffic
Replaced an earlier pinned Warren through truss bridge built by the L&N Railroad.
Laurel Gorge Bridge (Old KY 7) (Elliott County, Kentucky)
Rated 85% with 2 votes
Through truss bridge over Little Sandy River on former KY 7
Intact but closed to all traffic
Built 1930
PAL - Valley Creek Bridge (Hardin County, Kentucky)
Rated 85% with 8 votes
Pratt through truss bridge over Valley Creek on Paducah and Louisville Railroad
Open to traffic
Built Ca. 1870 at an unknown location, moved here 1891
Fredericktown Bridge (Nelson County, Kentucky)
Rated 85% with 3 votes
Camelback through truss bridge over Beech Fork on Fredericktown Road in Fredericktown, KY
Closed
Built 1909 by the Champion Bridge Company
Cumberland River KY 90 Bridge (Pulaski County, Kentucky)
Rated 85% with 2 votes
Lost Warren deck truss bridge over Cumberland River on KY 90 in Burnside
Replaced by new bridge
Built 1951 as a part of the Lake Cumberland Project; replaced 2005
Fox Run Bridge (Shelby County, Kentucky)
Rated 85% with 5 votes
Stone arch bridge over Fox Run on Clore Jackson Road
Open to traffic
Built 1919
Tebb's Bend Bridge (Taylor County, Kentucky)
Rated 85% with 2 votes
Through truss bridge over Green River on Tebbs Bend Road
Replaced by a new bridge
Built 1907; Removed and replaced by a replica 2016
CNTP - Tunnel 9 (McCreary County, Kentucky)
Rated 84% with 2 votes
Abandoned tunnel on trail
Derelict/abandoned
Built in 1879, bypassed by major line relocation of 1961-63.
Red River KY 77 Bridge (Powell County, Kentucky)
Rated 83% with 2 votes
Through truss bridge over Red River on KY 77
Open to traffic
Built 1935
White Mills Bridge (Hardin County, Kentucky)
Rated 82% with 5 votes
Pratt through truss bridge over Nolin River on Old KY 84
Renovated and reopened to traffic
Built in 1899 by the Champion Bridge Company of Wilmington, OH; rehabilitated 1937
Bridges to the Past (Bridge #3) (Hardin County, Kentucky)
Rated 82% with 2 votes
Stone arch bridge over East Fork Tioga Creek on the "Bridges to the Past" walking trail, a restored section of the old L&N Turnpike (Old Dixie Hwy/US 31) in Fort Knox
Open to pedestrians
Built ca. 1837. Placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1996. For more info. see Bridges to the Past (Bridge #1).
Blue Heron Bridge (McCreary County, Kentucky)
Rated 82% with 2 votes
Cantilevered Deck truss bridge over Big South Fork on Pedestrian Path (use to carry coal cars)
Open to pedestrians
Built 1930's to carry coal cars, restrored 1960's for pedestrian use.
Simon Kenton Memorial Bridge (Mason County, Kentucky)
Rated 82% with 5 votes
Suspension bridge over Ohio River on Business US 62/68 in Maysville
Open to traffic
Built 1931; Bypassed by the cable-stayed William H. Harsha Bridge in 2000, rehabed in 2003-2004
Dundee Narrows Bridge (Ohio County, Kentucky)
Rated 82% with 3 votes
Bypassed through truss bridge over Rough River on Dundee Narrows Road
Bypassed by a new bridge on a different alignment
Built 1904; bypassed 2005
Old US127 Greasy Creek Bridge (Russell County, Kentucky)
Rated 82% with 3 votes
Concrete tee beam bridge over Greasy Creek on Old Us 127 Loop No
Open to traffic
Built 1933
19th Street Bridge (Bell County, Kentucky)
Rated 81% with 2 votes
Closed spandrel concrete arch bridge skewed 45 degrees over Yellow Creek on 19th Street in Middlesboro
Open to traffic
Built 1943
Colville Covered Bridge 17-09-03 #2 (Bourbon County, Kentucky)
Rated 81% with 3 votes
Multiple Kingpost through truss bridge over Hinkston Creek on Colville Road in Ruddel's Mills
Open to traffic
Restored by Louis Bower in 1913. Raised to present height by his son in 1937. Replaced completely in 2000 after flood damage.
Old US 60-Clover Creek Bridge (Breckinridge County, Kentucky)
Rated 81% with 3 votes
Pennsylvania through truss bridge over Clover Creek on Old US-60 in Cloverport
Open to traffic
Built 1922
Sawdridge Creek Road over Cedar Creek (Owen County, Kentucky)
Rated 81% with 2 votes
Steel stringer bridge over Cedar Creek on Sawdridge Creek Road
Open to traffic
Built 1930
Kentucky River KY 80 Bridge (Perry County, Kentucky)
Rated 81% with 2 votes
Lost Parker through truss bridge over Kentucky River on KY 80 in Combs
Replaced by a new bridge
Built 1929
17th Street Wilderness Road Bridge (Bell County, Kentucky)
Rated 80% with 2 votes
Through truss bridge over Yellow Creek on 17th Street (also known as Wildnerness Road, also old U.S. 25-E)) in Middlesborough
Open to traffic
Built ca. 1890
Quicksand Bridge (Breathitt County, Kentucky)
Rated 80% with 2 votes
Through truss bridge over North Fork Kentucky River on Robinson Road
Replaced by a new bridge
CSX - Mill Creek Tunnel (Carroll County, Kentucky)
Rated 80% with 3 votes
Abandoned tunnel under hill
Intact but closed to all traffic
A tunnel that was bypassed in the 1990s and remains in place.
Greens Farm Mill Bridge (Grayson County, Kentucky)
Rated 80% with 5 votes
Bowstring through truss bridge over Rough River on a former alignment of KY 110 in Falls of Rough
Open to pedestrians
Built 1877
CSX Little Kentucky River Bridge (Henry County, Kentucky)
Rated 80% with 2 votes
Pratt through truss bridge over Little Kentucky River on CSX Railroad
Open to traffic
CSX - Grant's Bend Tunnel (Kenton County, Kentucky)
Rated 80% with 4 votes
Pair of railroad tunnels at Grant's Bend just north of Lambs Ferry Road in Ryland Heights
Open to railroad traffic
West tunnel built 1853; parallel east tunnel built 1912
Washboard Road Bridge (Kenton County, Kentucky)
Rated 80% with 4 votes
Abandoned Pratt pony truss bridge over Cruises Creek on an abandoned section of Washboard Road
Abandoned
Sheltowee Trace Foot Bridge (Menifee County, Kentucky)
Rated 80% with 2 votes
Wire suspension bridge over Red River on Shetowee Trace Hiking Trail
Open to pedestrians
Clear Creek Bridge (Shelby County, Kentucky)
Rated 80% with 5 votes
Pony truss bridge over Clear Creek on Jail Hill Road in Shelbyville
Closed to all Traffic
Built 1982
Right Fork Beaver Creek KY 777 Bridge (Floyd County, Kentucky)
Rated 79% with 3 votes
Through truss bridge over Right Fork Beaver Creek on KY 777
Open to traffic
Built 1944
RJCC - Eastwood Tunnel (Jefferson County, Kentucky)
Rated 79% with 2 votes
Tunnel under Town of Eastwood on L&N Railroad
Open to traffic
Valley Vista Rd Bridge (Jefferson County, Kentucky)
Rated 79% with 5 votes
Stone arch bridge over an unnamed creek on Valley Vista Rd
Open to traffic
CNTP - Cumberland River Bridge (Pulaski County, Kentucky)
Rated 79% with 2 votes
Lost Deck truss bridge over Cumberland River on Norfolk Southern Railway at Burnside
Replaced by a new bridge
Built 1880 for the Cincinnati Southern Railway, replaced in 1955
Bogle Road Bridge (Warren County, Kentucky)
Rated 79% with 5 votes
Lost pony truss bridge over R J Corman Railroad on Bogle Road
Replaced by a new bridge
Augusta/ Turtle Creek Bridge (Bracken County, Kentucky)
Rated 78% with 5 votes
Bowstring Pony truss bridge over Turtle Creek on Long Stretch Road
Bridge was relocated to Henderson County, KY
Built ca. 1880, possibly relocated here ca. 1920
Twelve Mile Creek KY 8 Bridge (Campbell County, Kentucky)
Rated 78% with 2 votes
Parker through truss bridge over Twelve Mile Creek on KY 8
Open to traffic
Built 1946
Camp Nelson Covered Bridge 17-40-03x / 17-57-10x (Garrard County, Kentucky)
Rated 78% with 2 votes
Lost covered bridge over Kentucky River on an old alignment of US 27 (Old Lexington Road)
Replaced by new bridge
Built 1838 by Lewis Wernwag and survived the Civil War. Bridge was closed to traffic in 1926 when a truck broke through the bridge's deck. The bridge was demolished in 1933 and all that remains are the approaches and a facade on the north approach.
CSX - Henderson Bridge (Henderson County, Kentucky)
Rated 78% with 3 votes
Through truss bridge over the Ohio River on CSX Railroad in Henderson
Open to traffic
Built 1932 by the American Bridge Co. , replacing an earlier 1885 bridge
Weisenberger Mill Bridge (Woodford County, Kentucky)
Rated 78% with 2 votes
Pony truss bridge over South Elkhorn Creek on Weisenberger Mill Road in Midway, Kentucky.
Intact but closed to all traffic, scheduled to be replaced soon.
A date in the concrete near the bridge says February 1932. The bridge replaced a covered bridge.
Old Camp Nelson Bridge (Garrard County, Kentucky)
Rated 77% with 5 votes
Parker Truss bridge over Kentucky River on Old Lexington Road
Closed to all traffic
Built 1927 and replaced the Camp Nelson Covered Bridge. However, in turn, it was replaced by the new (US 27) Camp Nelson Bridge in 1972.
US62 Cumberland River Bridge (Livingston County, Kentucky)
Rated 77% with 6 votes
Through truss bridge over Cumberland River on US 62
Open to traffic
Built 1952
PAL - New Kentucky Dam Bridge (Livingston County, Kentucky)
Rated 77% with 2 votes
Polygonal Warren through truss with all verticals bridge over Tennessee River on P&L Railway
Open to traffic
Built 2009 as a replacement for the railroad tracks across Kentucky Dam
Broadway Bridge (Franklin County, Kentucky)
Rated 76% with 3 votes
Through truss bridge over Kentucky River on KY 3506 in Frankfort
Fenced off with No Trespassing Signs
Built 1898; Converted to road only in 1929
Old Highway 53-Ash Run Bridge (Oldham County, Kentucky)
Rated 76% with 3 votes
Abandoned Pratt pony truss bridge over Ash Run on Old highway 53
Abandoned
13th Street Bridge (Boyd County, Kentucky)
Rated 75% with 8 votes
Continuous Warren through truss bridge over Ohio River on U.S. 23 Spur (13th Street) in Ashland
Open to traffic, two lanes, one way northbound
Built 1985
Green River US 31 Bridge (Hart County, Kentucky)
Rated 75% with 2 votes
Deck truss bridge over Green River on US 31 in Munfordville
Open to traffic
Built 1938
Thompson Creek Bridge (Mercer County, Kentucky)
Rated 75% with 2 votes
Lost Pratt pony truss bridge over Thompson Creek on Central Pike
Replaced by a new bridge
Built At Unknown Date. Either Relocated Or Reconstructed in 1935.
Old KY 44 Bridge (Spencer County, Kentucky)
Rated 75% with 3 votes
Abandoned slab bridge over Chadbourn Branch on an abandoned alignment of Mt. Washington Rd. (KY 44)
Derelict/abandoned
Cabin Creek Covered Bridge 17-68-03 (Lewis County, Kentucky)
Rated 74% with 3 votes
Multiple Kingpost through truss bridge over Cabin Creek in Rectorville
Open to traffic
Arches & tension rods added by Louis Bower in 1912. This has caused the bridge has to be mistakenly identified as a Childs truss. Structural steel buttress was added around 1978. Bypassed in 1983.
Paducah Bridge (McCracken County, Kentucky)
Rated 73% with 7 votes
Two-span tied-arch bridge on Interstate 24 over the Ohio River between Paducah, KY, and Metropolis, IL
Open to four lanes of traffic
Built 1973
Royal Springs Bridge (Scott County, Kentucky)
Rated 73% with 4 votes
Stone arch bridge over Royal Spring Creek on Main St. (US 460)
Open to traffic
Built 1800 (some sources claim 1789) by Elijah Craig. For a more detailed history see above in Description.
First High Bridge (Jessamine County, Kentucky)
Rated 72% with 2 votes
Lost Deck truss bridge over Kentucky River on Cincinnati Southern Railway at High Bridge

Built 1876-77, new superstructure built in 1910-11, original substructure demolished in 1913
Nada Tunnel (Powell County, Kentucky)
Rated 71% with 2 votes
Tunnel on KY 77
Open to traffic
Was constructed to haul logs via narrow gauge railroad from timber operations in the Gorge. Construction began in December 1910 and was completed in September 1911. Rock and dirt were removed by dynamite, steam drills and hand tools