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Ringos Mill, Fleming County

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Inventory Number: KY/17-35-04
County: Fleming County
Township:
Town/Village: Flemingburg
Bridge Name: Ringos Mill
Crosses: Fox Creek
Truss type: Multiple King
Spans: 1
Length: 86'
Roadway Width:
Built: 1867
Builder:
When Lost: standing
Cause:
Latitude: N38 16.116
Longitude: W083 36.623
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Topographic map of the area
Directions: 3.5 miles southeast of jct KY111 (Hillsboro Rd.) on KY158 (Ringos Mill Rd.) to the bridge on the left side of the road. Southeast of Hillsboro.

Ringos Mill Bridge, Flemingburg, Fleming County, KY Built 1867
Bill Caswell Photo, July 22, 2014

Ringos Mill Bridge, Flemingburg, Fleming County, KY Built 1867
Traugott Keller Photograph, November 2, 1952, NSPCB Archives

Comments:
The Ringos Mill Covered Bridge was built over Fox Creek in 1867. It was named for a grist mill situated 50 yards downstream. Fox Creek was named for Arthur Fox who drowned in the creek. The bridge's timbers are of yellow pine. It was probably built by the same contractor who constructed Hillsboro Covered Bridge several miles down Fox Creek. Abutments are of red stone covered with a concrete facing and the walls are double-sided with yellow poplar. The bridge was bypassed in 1970 and restored in 1983 when the original horizontal siding was replaced with vertical siding. It was the last covered bridge repaired by Stock Bower. 8-panel truss.

Sources:
White, Vernon. Covered Bridges, Focus on Kentucky, 1985, pages 60-70
National Society For the Preservation of Covered Bridges. Covered Bridge Topics, Volume VI, No. 1, March 1948, page 10
Database of Kentucky covered bridges compiled by Robert W. M. Laughlin
Wood, Miriam F. & Simmons, David A.. Covered Bridges: Ohio, Kentucky, West Virginia, 2007, pages 234, 248
Jurgensen, Melissa C.. Through Their Eyes: Covered Bridges of Fleming County, Kentucky, 2013, Page 85
National Society for the Preservation of Covered Bridges. World Guide to Covered Bridges, 2021, page 33