Old Scottsville Road Bridge (1877)
Description
One span collapsed, and the other was used with a temporary bridge (likely a Bailey truss) until the new bridge was built.Facts
- Overview
- Lost Pratt through truss bridge over Drake's Creek on Old Scottsville Road
- Location
- Warren County, Kentucky
- Status
- Collapsed. Replaced by new bridge.
- History
- Built 1877
- Design
- Pratt through truss
- Also called
- KY 269-Drake's Creek Bridge (1877)
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +36.93472, -86.39222 (decimal degrees)
36°56'05" N, 86°23'32" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 16/554124/4087803 (zone/easting/northing)
- Elevation
- 470 ft. above sea level
- Inventory number
- BH 84376 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Update Log
- September 29, 2019: Updated by Art Suckewer: Added builder and truss type
- February 2, 2019: Added by Melissa Brand-Welch
Related Bridges
- Old Scottsville Road Bridge (Successor)
Sources
- Melissa Brand-Welch - melissabrandwelch [at] msn [dot] com
- Art Suckewer - Asuckewer [at] knite [dot] com
Comments
Worth noting. The county did the modifications to the Old Richardsville bowstrings to achieve height and stability around this time.
That reminds me, I owe Jim C. (and Nathan) scans of some of my documents. BTW, for those who know who Tony and I are speaking of, I spoke with him last week and he's still sharp as a tack.
In many cases I agree, especially past 1890, but certain early manufacturers/builders have a sufficiently distinctive style to make their design cues unique.
Now, to the bridge at hand, I put on my better eyeballs and if you look closely on the left of the first image, you will spot the portal with the back of the sub plaque still attached.
Also as none of the tension members pass through the verticals (which they do on a CBW Whipple), its a Pratt.
It would have looked like this: http://bridgehunter.com/photos/15/62/156219-L.jpg
Regards,
Art S.
Although CBW is certainly a possibility, I don't see enough here to say definitively that they are indeed the fabricator.
A noted historian and mentor of mine taught me not guess at these things without a good deal of proof.
Tony,
The verticals don't look right for a Phoenix. Also, zooming in on the first picture, I think the top chord is a rolled I beam. If so, its definitely a Columbia Bridge Works product.
I'll hold off editing it until others weigh in.
Regards,
Art S.
Driver error... Again!
This was a Phoenix Column span, looks like it was a Pratt.
This page's URL is http://bridgehunter.com/ky/warren/bh84376/
This bridge was the Highway 100 (Scottsville Rd) Bridge in Simpson County near Franklin. It was replaced by a concrete structure and now has been bypassed by the new KY 100 bridge.