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Oldtown Covered Bridge

Oldtown Covered Bridge

Oldtown Covered Bridge is a covered Burr arch truss that carried Frazer Branch Road across the Little Sandy River near Oldtown in Greenup County, Kentucky.


Oldtown Covered Bridge is a covered Burr arch truss that carried Frazer Branch Road across the Little Sandy River near Oldtown in Greenup County, Kentucky. It was constructed in 1880 at the cost of $4,000, 1 2 3 4 5 with commissioners J. C. Irvin, John Conley, and W. A. Warmack in charge of the project.

Oldtown Covered Bridge was restored as a Green Thumb project in 1972-73 4 5 and listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976. 4 It was again restored in the late 1990s.

Oldtown Covered Bridge
Oldtown Covered Bridge
Oldtown Covered Bridge
Oldtown Bridge
Oldtown Bridge
Oldtown Bridge
Oldtown Bridge

Information

  • State: Kentucky
  • Type: Covered Burr Arch truss
  • Status: Active - Pedestrian
  • Total Length: 187 feet
  • Main Span Length: 145 feet
  • Spans: 41 feet
  • Deck Width: 14.9 feet
  • Roadway Width: 13.8 feet
  • Total Height: 14 feet
  • Navigational Clearance:


Sources

  1. ‘Oldtown Bridge.’ University of Kentucky.
  2. Hultgren, John. ‘Oldtown Covered Bridge.’ October 14, 2004.
  3. ‘Kentucky’s Covered Bridges.’ Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives July 1, 2005.
  4. ‘Oldtown Covered Bridge.’ Signs of History.
  5. White, Vernon. Covered Bridges: Focus on Kentucky. Kentucke Imprints, 1985, pp. 81-85.

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