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White (original location), Fleming County

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Inventory Number: KY/17-35-06
County: Fleming County
Township:
Town/Village:
Bridge Name: White (original location)
Crosses:
Truss type: Town
Spans: 1
Length: 60'
Roadway Width:
Built: 1864
Builder:
When Lost: 1932
Cause: Moved
Latitude: N38 19.62
Longitude: W083 35.34
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Topographic map of the area
Directions: KY 32, 2 miles south of current location.

Goddard Bridge (present location), Goddard, Fleming County, KY Built 1864 (M1932)
Bill Caswell Photo, April 2002

Goddard Bridge (present location), Goddard, Fleming County, KY Built 1864 (M1932)
Bill Caswell Photo, February 2009

Goddard Bridge (present location), Goddard, Fleming County, KY Built 1864 (M1932)
Traugott Keller Photograph, November 2, 1952, NSPCB Archives

Goddard Bridge (present location), Goddard, Fleming County, KY Built 1864 (M1932)
Bill Caswell Photo, July 22, 2014

Goddard Bridge (present location), Goddard, Fleming County, KY Built 1864 (M1932)
Bill Caswell Photo, January 11, 2016

Comments:
Vertical siding. This bridge was originally located on KY 32, 2 miles south of its current location. No photograph of the bridge at its original location has been discovered. The WPA moved it to its current location in 1932. Each piece was labelled as the bridge was disassembled. A bad windstorm during the reconstruction knocked down the partially completed structure and the group needed to start over. The Graf Zeppelin was reported to have flown overhead during construction of the concrete pier. This covered bridge is the only surviving example of Ithiel Town’s Lattice design in Kentucky. Construction date is unknown, but Stock Bower believed it to have been 1864. Its original builder is unknown. It was restored in 1968 under the supervision of Stock Bower of Flemingsburg. Goddard Bridge was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975. It was bypassed 1998. The bridge was completely renovated using most of the original timbers between 2004 and 2006. The most noticeable change was the dry stone abutments and parapets. Coordinates are at a possible location of the bridge.

Sources:
Kentucky Historical Marker #1559
White, Vernon. Covered Bridges, Focus on Kentucky, 1985, pages 51-54
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
Laughlin, Robert W. M. and Melissa C. Jurgensen. Covered Bridges of Kentucky, 2007, pages 104 & 105
Wood, Miriam F. & Simmons, David A.. Covered Bridges: Ohio, Kentucky, West Virginia, 2007, pages 236-237, 248
Jurgensen, Melissa C.. Through Their Eyes: Covered Bridges of Fleming County, Kentucky, 2013, Page 43
National Society for the Preservation of Covered Bridges. World Guide to Covered Bridges, 2021, page 33