The Turtle Creek Bridge is located on Long Stretch Road over Turtle Creek near Augusta, Kentucky.
The Turtle Creek Bridge, a bowstring iron pony truss, was likely constructed circa 1880 by the Wrought Iron Bridge Company of Canton, Ohio and relocated to the site circa 1920. 1 The bridge was altered when steel I-beams were placed above the bottom chord and below the bridge deck so that the pony truss no longer bore a load.
In 2007, the bowstring pony trusses were relocated to cross a stream at Sandy Watkins Park in Henderson County and restored to bear the weight of pedestrians and cyclists. 1
Details
- State: Kentucky
- Route: Long Stretch Road
- Status: Active (Automobile)
- Type: Bowstring Pony Truss
- Total Length: 63 feet
- Main Span Length: 58 feet
- Spans:
- Deck Width: 12 feet
- Navigational Clearance:
Sources
- Holth, Nathan and Rick McOmber. “Long Stretch Road Bridge.” HistoricBridges.org, 7 Jun. 2014.