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Side view

Photos taken June 2005 by James Adorno

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Overview: Deck truss bridge over the Kentucky River on I-75/US 25/US 421 at Clay's Ferry south of Lexington in Lexington
Status: Open to six lanes of traffic
History: Built 1946 as part of US 25; twin span added 1963 as part of I-75; both spans widened in 1998 to form a single six-lane bridge
Design: Warren deck truss
Dimensions: Length of largest span: 448.0 ft.
Total length: 1,712.4 ft.
Deck width: 60.0 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude: +37.88408, -84.33949 (decimal degrees)
37°53'03" N, 84°20'22" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates: 16/733973/4196290 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map: Ford
Inventory number: BH 18766 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 08/2007): Deck condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Appraisal: Functionally obsolete
Sufficiency rating: 66.0 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2007): 65,700

Update Log

October 10, 2005: Posted photos from James Adorno

Sources

James Adorno - adorno423 [at] aol [dot] com

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Clay's Ferry Bridge

Posted September 4, 2007, by gloria (glorybee [at] insightbb [dot] com)

I WANTED TO KNOW FROM BRIDGE TO THE WATER, HOW MANT FEET IT IS DOWNWARD? I KNOW ITS A LONG WAY DOWN. NOT THE LITTLE CLAYS FERRY BRIDGE, BUT THE I-75 BRIDGE GOING ACROSS THE KENTUCKY RIVER. JUST CURIOUS, THANK YOU