Switzer Covered Bridge
Appearance
Switzer Covered Bridge | |
Location | Off Rocky Branch Rd., over North Elkhorn Creek, Switzer, Kentucky |
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Coordinates | 38°15′14″N 84°45′08″W / 38.25389°N 84.75222°W |
Area | 1 acre (0.40 ha) |
Built | c.1855 |
Built by | Hockensmith, George |
NRHP reference No. | 74000875[1] |
Added to NRHP | September 6, 1974 |
The Switzer Covered Bridge, located off Rocky Branch Rd., over North Elkhorn Creek, in or near Switzer, Kentucky, was built around 1855. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.[1]
It is 126 feet (38 m) long and 11 feet (3.4 m) wide. It was built by George Hockensmith.[2]
The bridge was threatened with destruction in 1953, but was saved. In March 1997, it was knocked from its foundation by high water and was later rebuilt again that year Instead of destroying and replacing this bridge.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
- ^ a b "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Switzer Covered Bridge". National Park Service. Retrieved September 12, 2018. With accompanying two photos, from c.1954 and 1971
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Categories:
- Covered bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in Kentucky
- National Register of Historic Places in Franklin County, Kentucky
- Bridges completed in 1855
- Transportation in Franklin County, Kentucky
- Wooden bridges in Kentucky
- Rebuilt buildings and structures in the United States
- 1855 establishments in Kentucky
- Lexington-Fayette–Richmond–Frankfort region, Kentucky Registered Historic Place stubs