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| Ted Gregory posted This was built as a RR bridge by the American Bridge Co in 1920. Anyone have any additional historical info on this? The C&O runs on the opposite river Bank, so I am assuming this was built to tap a coal branch. Justell Bridge. Crossing of the Levisa Branch of the Big Sandy. Betsy Layne, KY My pic from 4-15-21. |
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| Dennis DeBruler commented on Ted's post A 1954 topo map, the oldest one I could find, shows it as a road bridge. But this map documents the spur. Judging by some of the "lines" in the trees in other places, I think Lawson Hill road was built on the old RoW. 37°33'14.5"N 82°36'46.1"W 37.554034, -82.612791 (Facebook has been deleting most of my comments that contain a Google Maps URL. It declares them a violation of Community Standards. So now you have to copy&paste the GPS coordinates into the search field of Google Maps.) |
I agree with the comments on Ted's post that this railroad was probably a C&O spur to a coal mine. The depth of the girders indicates that this bridge was designed for a railroad, not a road.
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