Switzer Covered Bridge
Off Rocky Branch Rd., over North Elkhorn Creek, Switzer, Kentucky
Howe through truss bridge over North Elkhorn Creek on KY 1262
Photos
Switzer Bridge 2
Photo taken by Bill Eichelberger
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Coordinates:
+38.25391, -84.7521738°15'14" N, 84°45'08" W
Quadrangle map:Switzer
Description
The original bridge was washed away by a flood in Mar 1997. Its replacement was built in 1998
National Register information
- Status
- Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on September 6, 1974
- Reference number
- 74000875
- Area of significance
- Engineering
- Level of significance
- State
- Evaluation criteria
- C - Design/Construction
- Property type
- Structure
- Historic function
- Road-related
- Current function
- Road-related
- Period of significance
- 1850-1874
- Significant year
- 1855
Update Log
- October 4, 2020: New photo from Bill Eichelberger
- October 25, 2016: New photos from Jim Allen
- January 14, 2013: Updated by Jim Allen: added description
- July 31, 2010: New Street View added by Bill Eichelberger
- July 13, 2010: New photos from Bill Eichelberger