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] |
The Valley Pike Covered Bridge was a historic covered bridge located in Mason County, Kentucky, United States. It crossed the Frasure Branch of Lee Creek. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1976. The bridge was dismantled after flood damage on April 27, 2018.
Robert W. M. Laughlin; Melissa C. Jurgensen (2007). Kentucky's Covered Bridges. Charleston, South Carolina: Arcadia Publishing. ISBN 978-0-738-54404-5.