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11 b&w photos
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4 data pages
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TITLE:
Williamsburg Bridge, Spanning Cumberland River, Williamsburg, Whitley County, KY

CALL NUMBER:
HAER KY,118-WILBU,1-

REPRODUCTION NUMBER:
[See Call Number]

MEDIUM:
Photo(s): 11   (4 x 5 in.)
Data Page(s): 3 plus cover page
Photo Caption Page(s): 1

DATE:
Documentation compiled after 1968.

CREATOR:
Historic American Engineering Record, creator

RELATED NAME(S):
Kentucky Transportation Cabinet
Yearby, Jean P., transmitter
Daniel, J. E., photographer
Rawlings, G. D., photographer
Rawlings, Gregory D., historian

NOTE:
Survey number HAER KY-16

Building/structure dates: 1890 initial construction

Building/structure dates: 1974 subsequent work

Building/structure dates: 1976 subsequent work

Significance: One of two bridges in Kentucky that appears to be transitional designs between Camelback truss and the Pennsylvania petit truss.

SUBJECTS:
KENTUCKY--Whitley County--Williamsburg
civil engineering
transportation
bridge construction

OTHER TITLE:
Kentucky Route 296 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.ky0268

CONTENTS:
Photograph caption(s): 
1. GENERAL VIEW OF BRIDGE
2. BARREL VIEW OF BRIDGE, FROM NORTHEAST
3. DETAIL VIEW OF PORTAL, NORTHEAST APPROACH
4. PORTAL VIEW OF SOUTHWEST APPROACH
5. VIEW OF SOUTHWEST APPROACH, SHOWING BAILY BRIDGE AND STONE PIERS
6. VIEW OF INTERIOR WEB, LOOKING SOUTHWEST
7. VIEW OF INTERIOR WEB, FEATURING MIDDLE PANELS
8. DETAIL VIEW OF MIDDLE PANEL BRACING
9. DETAIL VIEW OF PIN-CONNECTED INTERSECTION OF DIAGONAL AND STIRRUP
10. DETAIL VIEW OF BOTTOM CHORD WITH SIDEWALK SUPPORT
11. GENERAL VIEW OF FLOOR SYSTEM

CONTROL #:
KY0268

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