Kentucky Route 762 Bridge, Spanning South Fork of Panther Creek, Owensboro vicinity, Daviess County, KY

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TITLE:
Kentucky Route 762 Bridge, Spanning South Fork of Panther Creek, Owensboro vicinity, Daviess County, KY

CALL NUMBER:
HAER KY,30-OWENB.V,1-

REPRODUCTION NUMBER:
[See Call Number]

MEDIUM:
Photo(s): 11 (4 x 5 in.)
Data Page(s): 2 plus cover page
Photo Caption Page(s): 1

DATE:
Documentation compiled after 1968.

CREATOR:
Historic American Engineering Record, creator

NOTE:
Survey number HAER KY-8

Building/structure dates: 1897 initial construction

Significance: Good representative example of a pin-connected through truss. Only example in Kentucky built by the Wrought Iron Bridge Company (Ohio).

SUBJECTS:
KENTUCKY--Daviess County--Owensboro vicinity
civil engineering
transportation
bridge construction

OTHER TITLE:
Daviess County Bridge

COLLECTION:
Historic American Engineering Record (Library of Congress)

REPOSITORY:
Library of Congress, Prints and Photograph Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA

DIGID:
http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/hhh.ky0195

CONTENTS:
Photograph caption(s):
1. VIEW OF PORTAL, LOOKING SOUTH
2. VIEW OF PORTAL, LOOKING NORTH
3. DETAIL VIEW OF BUILDER/DATE PLATE
4. VIEW OF GENERAL ELEVATION, LOOKING WEST
5. VIEW OF SOUTH END POST AND ABUTMENT
6. VIEW OF NORTH END OF BRIDGE, SHOWING FOUR PANEL POINTS OF TRUSSING
7. DETAIL VIEW OF LOWER CHORD CONNECTION AT MID-SPAN
8. VIEW OF BOTTOM CHORD, FLOOR BEAM HANGER, AND GUARDRAIL DETAIL
9. DETAIL VIEW OF LOWER CHORD CONNECTION AT HIP-VERTICAL PANEL POINT
10. DETAIL VIEW OF FLOOR SYSTEM, UNDERSIDE VIEW
11. DETAIL VIEW OF SOUTH END, SHOWING BEARING ON STONE ABUTMENT

CONTROL #:
KY0195

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