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A clapper bridge is an ancient form of bridge found on the moors of the English West Country (Bodmin Moor, Dartmoor and Exmoor) and in other upland areas of the United Kingdom including Snowdonia and Anglesey, Cumbria, Derbyshire, Yorkshire, Lancashire, and in northern Wester Ross and north-west Sutherland in Scotland.
It flows south and then south-west for around 9 km to reach the village of Postbridge where it is spanned by a well-known clapper bridge. Before reaching Postbridge the river swings to the east, and then to north-east, flowing between clitter (boulder) strewn steep slopes before once again flowing south.
In 1985, a bridge known as the Simeon Willis Memorial Bridge, was opened to traffic. The second span is named for Kentucky Governor Simeon S. Willis . The bridge was originally planned to cross at 45th St. and connect to a proposed Ashland bypass, but was instead built one block from the existing bridge and carries only northbound traffic while ...
There are 19 properties and districts listed on the National Register in the county, of which 1 is a National Historic Landmark and 6 are part of another National Historic Landmark spread across multiple counties. This National Park Service list is complete through NPS recent listings posted November 29, 2024. [2]
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KY 17: Ohio River: Covington, Kentucky, and Cincinnati, Ohio: Kenton County, Kentucky, and Hamilton County, Ohio: KY-21: Kentucky Route 228 Bridge Replaced Whipple truss: 1885 1987 KY 228: Wolf Creek Wolf Creek Meade
The Cherry Brook is a tributary of the West Dart River on Dartmoor, Devon, England.. It rises about a kilometre north of Lower White Tor in the open moorland and flows in a generally southerly direction past Powder Mills, the site of a 19th-century gunpowder factory, then under a clapper bridge where it turns easterly and passes under the B3212 road at Higher Cherrybrook Bridge.
There are eleven surviving authentic covered bridges in the U.S. state of Kentucky, and they are all historic. [1] A covered bridge is considered authentic not due to its age, but by its construction. An authentic bridge is constructed using trusses rather than other methods such as stringers, a popular choice for non-authentic covered bridges ...