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Clear Fork Bridge

Whitley County, Kentucky

Photos 

Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record

BH Photo #142619

Map 

Street View 

Facts 

Overview
Lost through truss bridge over Clear Fork on KY 1804
Location
Whitley County, Kentucky
Status
Removed and replaced
History
Built 1917
Builder
- Champion Bridge Co. of Wilmington, Ohio
Design
Main span: Camelback through truss
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 115.1 ft.
Total length: 205.0 ft.
Deck width: 15.1 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+36.63424, -84.11390   (decimal degrees)
36°38'03" N, 84°06'50" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
16/758050/4058178 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Saxton
Average daily traffic (as of 2006)
300
Inventory numbers
KY 118-C00027N (Kentucky bridge number)
BH 18959 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection report (as of October 2017)
Sufficiency rating: 19.5 (out of 100)
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Categories 

Built 1917 (667)
Built during 1910s (10,027)
Camelback truss (415)
Champion Bridge Co. (102)
HAER documented (1,125)
Have street view (29,323)
Kentucky (1,378)
Lost (29,311)
One-lane traffic (7,934)
 Owned by county (21,660)
Replaced by new bridge (19,908)
Span length 100-125 feet (4,584)
Structurally deficient (12,801)
Through truss (17,370)
Total length 175-250 feet (4,535)
Truss (36,146)
Whitley County, Kentucky (33)

Update Log 

  • January 10, 2011: New Street View added by Andrew Hansford
  • December 24, 2010: Updated by Anthony Dillon: Update status to lost and fixed location of this former span.
  • February 24, 2010: Updated by Bill Eichelberger: Added GPS coordinates.
  • July 15, 2009: New photos from Bill Eichelberger
  • April 29, 2009: Updated by C Hanchey

Sources 

  • C Hanchey - cmh2315fl [at] yahoo [dot] com
  • Bill Eichelberger
  • HAER KY-51 - Kentucky 1804 Bridge, Spanning Clear Fork Creek, Saxton, Whitley County, KY
  • Tony Dillon - spansaver [at] hotmail [dot] com
  • Andrew Hansford

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