East Main Street Bridge (Corbin, Kentucky)

Coordinates: 36°57′11″N 84°05′40″W / 36.95306°N 84.09444°W / 36.95306; -84.09444 (East Main Street Bridge)
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East Main Street Bridge
East Main Street Bridge (Corbin, Kentucky) is located in Kentucky
East Main Street Bridge (Corbin, Kentucky)
LocationEngineers St. and Lynn Camp, Corbin, Kentucky
Coordinates36°57′11″N 84°05′40″W / 36.95306°N 84.09444°W / 36.95306; -84.09444 (East Main Street Bridge)
Area0.1 acres (0.040 ha)
Built1890
Built byLouisville Bridge; Et al.
Architectural stylePratt through truss
MPSCorbin MRA
NRHP reference No.86000605[1]
Added to NRHPMarch 28, 1986

The East Main Street Bridge in Corbin, Kentucky, spanning Lynn Camp Creek between Knox County, Kentucky and Whitley County, Kentucky, was built in 1890. Also known as the Engineers Street Bridge, it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.[1]

It is a Pratt truss through truss bridge built by the Louisville Bridge Co.. It brings Engineers St. (formerly E. Main St.) across Lynn Camp Creek in Corbin.[2]

It was an old bridge of the L & N railroad which was offered to the city in 1902; the donated bridge and was moved into place in 1905.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
  2. ^ a b Helen Powell (1984). "Kentucky Historic Resources Inventory: East Main Street Bridge / Engineers Street Bridge". National Park Service. Retrieved June 20, 2018. With accompanying photo from 1985