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The replacement was part of a project that also replaced its sister bridge, the Eggner's Ferry Bridge over Kentucky Lake. Due to their location in the New Madrid Seismic Zone and their intended use as an evacuation route during an emergency, the new bridges were designed to withstand a large earthquake, as well as meet current highway standards ...
David Gouverneur Burnet (April 14, 1788 – December 5, 1870) was an early politician within the Republic of Texas, serving as the interim president of Texas in 1836, the second vice president of the Republic of Texas (1839–1841), and the secretary of state (1846) for the new state of Texas after it was annexed to the United States.
The bridge was constructed using a newly invented method. Rather than build out from the shore, the bridge was constructed from the center towards land. The new method proved successful, and was subsequently used in the construction of many other bridges including the Oakland Bay Bridge in San Francisco a few years later. Newspapers reported ...
Lee's Creek Covered Bridge is a historic wooden bridge on Lee's Creek Road 0.1 miles (0.16 km) south of Kentucky Route 8 near Dover, Kentucky. It is 61 feet (19 m) long with a double set of Queen post trusses on each side. [2] It was built in 1835 as a toll bridge and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1976.
The bridge is important as the only known example of Robert Smith's truss system in Kentucky and the only covered bridge extant known to have been built by Jacob N. Bower (1819-1906). [2] The bridge was constructed in 1874 and was one of thirteen that remained, now eleven, of more than four hundred covered bridges in Kentucky. Around 1912 ...
Bennett's Mill Covered Bridge, near Greenup, Kentucky, was built in 1855.It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976. [1]It brings Brown Covered Bridge Road (County Route 2125) over Tygarts Creek, west of Greenup.
John Bridges (1666–1724), English topographer [14] Styles Bridges (1898–1961), 63rd governor of New Hampshire before a 24-year career in the U.S. Senate. Received the degrees in Morning Sun Lodge, Conway, Massachusetts, and later member of Eureka Lodge, No. 70, Concord, New Hampshire. [10] Ansel Briggs (1806–1881), first governor of Iowa.
The Taylor–Southgate Bridge is a continuous truss bridge that was built in 1995. It has a main span of 850 feet (260 m), and a total span of 1,850 feet (560 m). The bridge carries U.S. Route 27 across the Ohio River, connecting Newport, Kentucky and Cincinnati, Ohio.