Beech Fork Bridge, Mackville Road | |
Coordinates: | 37.7042°N -85.1461°W |
Built: | 1884 |
Architecture: | Pratt thru truss |
Added: | February 10, 1989 |
Area: | less than one acre |
Mpsub: | Washington County MRA |
Refnum: | 88003429 |
Beech Fork Bridge, Mackville Road, near Springfield, Kentucky, is a Pratt truss bridge which was built in 1884. It was built by the King Iron Bridge Co. and crosses the Beech Fork of the Salt River. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989.
It was then one of only eight King bridges surviving statewide.[1]
It has an eight panel Pratt truss design, rests on cut stone abutments, and is 124feet long. It brings a 15.5feet wide roadway over Beech Fork.[1]