Kentucky Route 2014 Bridge
Coordinates: 36 ° 47 ′ 32 " N , 83 ° 44 ′ 35" W.
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| Official name | Bridge # 007B00129N | |
| Convicted | Kentucky Route 2014 (single lane) | |
| place | near Pineville , Kentucky | |
| Entertained by | Kentucky Transportation Cabinet | |
| Building number | 007B00129N | |
| construction | Warren truss bridge | |
| overall length | 100 m | |
| Load capacity | 15 American tons | |
| Clear height | 6.9 m | |
| completion | 1873 | |
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The Kentucky Route 2014 Bridge is a timber truss bridge over the Cumberland River near Pineville in Bell County, Kentucky . The bridge is a Warren truss bridge and one of the early uses of this type of construction. It was built in 1873 through a collaboration between the Louisville Bridge and Iron Company and the Phoenix Iron Company of Pennsylvania and is currently maintained by the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet . The clearance height is 6.9 m and the load capacity is 15 American tons . The structure leads a single lane roadway across the river.
history
The Kentucky Route 2014 Bridge was largely built by the Louisville Bridge and Iron Company of Louisville , Kentucky , only the "Iron Phoenix" bridge piers patented in 1862 were installed by the Phoenix Iron Company of Philadelphia . The bridge was not safe for a while, but has since been proposed for entry on the National Register of Historic Places . It was one of the two bridges that the Louisville Bridge and Iron Company built in Kentucky. When the structure was built in 1873, it proved to be a prime example of its design.
The structure has been in continuous operation since its construction and serves the residents of the rural areas of Pineville. In an investigation, the structure achieved 38.3 points out of 100 and is therefore considered structurally inadequate. Many of Kentucky's 70 historic bridges are Pratt or Warren truss structures.
details
The Kentucky Route 2014 Bridge is about three miles northwest of Pineville and spans the Cumberland River. The span of the bridge measures 63 m, all in all the structure has a length of 100 m. Three I-beams support the southern driveway, while the north is supported by only two such components.
The passage width is 4.5 m, the passage height 5.9 m.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d Kentucky Route 2014 Bridge . In: Library of Congress (Ed.): Library of Congress . 1987, p. 3.