Showing posts with label -82.89511. Show all posts
Showing posts with label -82.89511. Show all posts

Friday, March 6, 2020

OLDTOWN COVERED BRIDGE - OLDTOWN, KENTUCKY
















                                                                                             LITTLE SANDY RIVER
                                                                                                GREENUP COUNTY
                                                                                                      BUILT - 1880

Length - 188'....S. of Oldtown. KY1 S. 0.5 miles from jct with Laurel Rd. in Oldtown, E. on Frazier Rd. 0.25 miles to the bridge on the E. side of the road.  Bridge was built on Burr's patented design at a cost of $4000. It withstood the floods of 1913 and 1937. it was restored in 1972, and renovated again in 1999. Closed to motor traffic in 1988. Posted on the National Register of Historic Places on March 26, 1976. Truss Type - Covered two-span Multiple Kingpost Through Truss.
World Guide to Covered Bridge Number - 17-45-02