| KENTUCKY COVERED BRIDGES | Current 2007 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 735 Covered Bridges Are Known To Have Existed In Kentucky At 718 Locations in 94 of 120 Counties | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Photos - 130 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Drawings/Art - 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Extant -13 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| At County Line - Dual Numbers. Bridge Existed When Diehl Numbering System Implemented | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ** | Photograph Believed Likely to Exist - 134 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| County | # Bridges | # Locations | Bridge Name | NSPCB Number | Road | Stream | Built | Builder | Removed | Method | Truss | Length | Siding | Spans | Existing Evidence | Photos | Notes | ||||||||||||||
| ALLEN | 5 | 5 | Bailey's Point | 17-02-01 | Abandoned Alignment US 31E | Barren River | NO | At Barren County Line | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Holland | 17-02-02 | KY 100 | Barren River | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Claire | 17-02-03 | KY 100 | Sulphur Fork | NO | At Simpson County Line | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Chapel Hill | 17-02-04 | KY 100 | Trammel Fork | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Settle | 17-02-05 | KY 234 | Bays Fork | NO | At Warren County Line | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ANDERSON | 28 | 28 | Bonds Mill | 17-03-01 | Abandoned Alignment KY 513 | Salt River | 1847 | Thomas Sellar & Jessie Waterfill | 1942 | Demolished | **MKP/Kingpost | 130' | Horizontal | 2 | Pier & Abutments Exist in Ruin | YES | At McBrayer. Bridge Was Condemned, 1935; Bypassed 1939. Sold To Hollie Warford, 1938 & Removed 1942. | ||||||||||||||
| Lumber Used In Barn Construction. Used by Federal & Confederate Troops, October, 1862 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Horizontal Siding on West Side of South Span Replaced by Vertical | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Truss was Combination MKP & Kingpost with Unusual Auxiliary Tension/Compression Members and | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lower Chord Knee Braces | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Freemans Bridge | 17-03-02 | US 62 | Salt River | 1810 | Ludwig Cornish & George Freeman | 1931 | Replaced by Concrete | Queenpost | 130' | Horizontal | 2 | None | YES | 1 mile NE Community of Fox Creek. Demolition by Thomas & William Baker | |||||||||||||||||
| Fox Creek | 17-03-03 | Anderson City Road | Fox Creek | NO | 1/2 Mile S Community of Fox Creek | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Fox Creek Road | 17-03-04 | US 62 | Fox Creek | NO | At Fox Creek Road | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hickory Grove | 17-03-05 | US 62 | Unnamed Branch Fox Creek | NO | 1-1/2 Mile NE Hickory Grove | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||