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Strodes Creek (KY 956), Bourbon County

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Inventory Number: KY/17-09-04x
County: Bourbon County
Township:
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Bridge Name: Strodes Creek (KY 956)
Crosses: Strodes Creek
Truss type: Queenpost
Spans: 1
Length: 65'
Roadway Width:
Built: 1832
Builder: Lewis V. Wernwag
When Lost: 1956
Cause: Demolished
Latitude: N38 06.57
Longitude: W084 10.68
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Directions: Clintonville - North Middletown Road, KY 956.
Comments: Vertical siding.

Strodes Creek (KY 956) Bridge, Bourbon County, KY Built 1832 Demolished 1956
Traugott Keller Photograph, March 7, 1953, NSPCB Archives

Sources:
Clough, Philip & Betsy. World Guide to Covered Bridges, 1959, page 21
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, page 64

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