Below is a list of covered bridges in Kentucky. 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. There once were hundreds of these in Kentucky.
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Name | Image | County | Location | Built | Length | Crosses | Ownership | Truss | Notes |
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Mount Zion Covered Bridge [2] | ![]() | Washington | Mooresville 37°49′40″N85°15′23″W / 37.82778°N 85.25639°W | 1871–2021 | 258 feet (79 m) | Beech Fork | Kentucky Department of Highways | Burr | Also called Beech Fork Covered Bridge. [3] Lost to arson on March 9, 2021. [4] |
Valley Pike Covered Bridge [3] | ![]() | Mason | Fernleaf 38°40′27″N83°52′20″W / 38.67417°N 83.87222°W | 1864 | 35 feet (11 m) | Lee's Creek | Private | King | Also called Bouldin or Daugherty Covered Bridge. Dismantled on April 27, 2018. [4] |
Yatesville Covered Bridge | Lawrence | Fallsburg 38°08′41.0″N82°41′05.0″W / 38.144722°N 82.684722°W | 1907 | 128 feet (39 m) | Blaine Creek | Howe | Collapsed in May of 1986. |
Robert W. M. Laughlin; Melissa C. Jurgensen (2007). Kentucky's Covered Bridges. Charleston, South Carolina: Arcadia Publishing. ISBN 978-0-738-54404-5.