Cartwright Creek Bridge Explained

Cartwright Creek Bridge
Coordinates:37.6594°N -85.2731°W
Built:1884
Architecture:Single span metal truss
Added:February 10, 1989
Area:less than one acre
Mpsub:Washington County MRA
Refnum:88003425

The Cartwright Creek Bridge near Springfield, Kentucky is a metal truss bridge built in 1884. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989.

It is a single-span bridge built by the King Iron Bridge Company. It crosses Cartwright Creek, a tributary to the Beech Fork of the Salt River. It was deemed significant as one of few truss bridges in Washington County surviving from the late 1800s.[1]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: [{{NRHP url|id=88003425}} Kentucky Historic Resources Inventory: Cartwright Creek Bridge]. National Park Service. Joe DeSpain . January 1987 . March 2, 2018. With .