Foundation For Kentucky's Lost Covered Bridges

 

1862 Map of Lawrence County Kentucky

Map commissioned by Commander Buell of the Ohio Division of the Union Army, considered to be the most accurate of the maps of this time period.

From The Library of Congress Digital Map Collections

Covered Bridge at Yatesville (The Blaine Covered Bridge)

   A lost covered bridge existed one quarter mile above Yatesville Kentucky. The bridge crossed Blaine Creek where Morgan Branch enters to  the left. The bridge was the location for the US Geological Office doing water studies. A walkboard was constructed inside the bridge at a height to drop the gauge from over the top of the siding and thence into the creek. The date of this study was 1915. Yatesville could have possibly been Prosperity during the 1860's. The lost covered bridge was located off Kentucky Highway 3. The covered bridge was painted red and about five miles northwest of Louisa.

  Blaine Covered Bridge was one hundred twenty eight feet long. The truss design was the Howe Truss. Blaine Covered Bridge was probably built around 1900 or a little earlier.

Trinity Covered Bridge

Trinity Covered Bridge crossed a creek in a single span to allow passage to the Trinity Methodist Church. The church was established in 1888. Trinity Covered Bridge was built in 1924 and was 40+ feet long. The covered bridge was located about a half mile west of Ky Route 3 between Boltsfork and Fallsburg.