Photos
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Overview The Yellow Creek Park Bridge is a restored and relocated bridge that is now being used as a pedestrian bridge over Yellow Creek on the Yellow Creek Park's nature trail. Photo taken by James McCray |
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Oblique View Photo taken by James McCray |
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Deck View Photo taken by James McCray |
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From Uphill Photo taken by James McCray |
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Bridge Northern End Photo taken by James McCray |
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Closeup of Truss Photo taken by James McCray |
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Bridge Plaque Bridge is a product of the Wrought Iron Bridge Co. Photo taken by James McCray |
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View Of Portal, Looking South The following pictures are taken from the HAER website and shows the bridge in its original location and context over South Fork Panther Creek on KY 762 in Owensboro before it was moved to Yellow Creek Park Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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View Of Portal, Looking North Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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Detail View Of Builder/Date Plate Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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View Of General Elevation, Looking West Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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View Of South End Post And Abutment Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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View Of North End Of Bridge, Showing Four Panel Points Of Trussing Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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Detail View Of Lower Chord Connection At Mid-Span Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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View Of Bottom Chord, Floor Beam Hanger, And Guardrail Detail Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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Detail View Of Lower Chord Connection At Hip-Vertical Panel Point Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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Detail View Of Floor System, Underside View Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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Detail View Of South End, Showing Bearing On Stone Abutment Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
Facts
- Overview
- Pratt through truss bridge over Yellow Creek on a nature/hiking trail in the Yellow Creek Park in Thruston
- Location
- Thruston, Daviess County, Kentucky
- Status
- Open to pedestrians
- History
- Originally built in 1897 by the Wrought Iron Bridge Co. over South Fork Panther Creek in Owensboro on KY 762, but later restored and relocated to Yellow Creek Park in Thruston, KY.
- Builder
- - Wrought Iron Bridge Co. of Canton, Ohio
- Design
- Pratt through truss
- Dimensions
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Total length: 101 ft.
Deck width: 13.5 ft.
- Recognition
- Eligible for the National Register of Historic Places
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +37.79208, -87.03431 (decimal degrees)
37°47'31" N, 87°02'04" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 16/496979/4182746 (zone/easting/northing)
- USGS topographic map
- Owensboro East
- Inventory number
- BH 36653 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Update Log
- September 27, 2008: Updated by James McCray
- July 29, 2008: Updated by James McCray: updated gps coordinates
- May 28, 2008: Added by James McCray
Sources
- James McCray - jamesinslocomb [at] yahoo [dot] com
- HAER KY-8 - Kentucky Route 762 Bridge, Spanning South Fork of Panther Creek, Owensboro vicinity, Daviess County, KY