Bridges and Tunnels
Menu
  • Locations
  • Journal
  • About
Menu
Tygarts Creek Arch Bridge

Tygarts Creek Arch Bridge

The Tygarts Creek Arch Bridge is a concrete arch bridge that carries a local road over Tygarts Creek in Olive Hill, Kentucky.


An open-spandrel arch bridge over Tygarts Creek east of Olive Hill was constructed in 1927 for US Route 60 and initially named the Fields’ Bridge. 1 It was bypassed with a contemporary girder structure in 2010 as part of a broader $12 million, 1½-mile safety improvement project to functionally replace a structurally deficient crossing and eliminate sharp curves. 2

Tygarts Creek Arch Bridge
Tygarts Creek Arch Bridge
Tygarts Creek Arch Bridge

Information

  • State: Kentucky
  • Route: Formerly US Route 60
  • Type: Open Spandrel Arch
  • Status: Active - Automobile
  • Total Length: 392 feet
  • Main Span Length: 102 feet
  • Spans:
  • Deck Width: 21 feet
  • Roadway Width: 20 feet
  • Navigational Clearance:


Sources

  1. “US 60, Olive Hill to Grayson Road.” Kentucky Transportation Cabinet, 1948.
  2. James, Mike. “Governor dedicates curve fix.” Daily Independent [Ashland], 1 Mar. 2010.

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Post Types

  • Location (614)
  • Gallery (165)
  • Post (60)
  • Page (3)
  • Envira Album (1)

Categories

  • Bridges (51)
  • Tunnels (8)
  • Uncategorized (6)
  • Dam (2)

Tags

  • bridge (46)
  • West Virginia (17)
  • Kentucky (14)
  • Ohio (13)
  • abandoned (7)

Year

  • 2023 (124)
  • 2022 (187)
  • 2021 (124)
  • 2020 (402)
  • 2017 (1)

Recent Comments

  • Michael Foster on Oil City Tunnel
  • Tom Marney on On the Hunt for Bridges in the West Virginia Coalfields
  • Teresa Austin on On the Hunt for Bridges in the West Virginia Coalfields
  • Steph F on Garwood Trestle and Tunnel No. 9
  • Sherman Cahal on On the Hunt for Bridges in the West Virginia Coalfields

Journal Categories

Journal Tags

abandoned (7) bridge (46) construction (2) covered (1) dam (2) Demolition (3) Illinois (2) Indiana (3) Kentucky (14) Maryland (1) Mississippi River (1) Missouri (1) Monongahela River (1) New York (5) Ohio (13) Ohio River (4) Pennsylvania (1) Rehabilitation (1) suspension (1) tunnel (6) Virginia (2) West Virginia (17)

Journal Archives

©2022 Bridges & Tunnels
 

Loading Comments...