1438 Sherburne Bridge

Category: Markers

Marker reads, The most unusual of Kentuckys covered bridges is the Sherburne suspension bridge, built 1867-68 at a cost of $3,500. In the early days a stagecoach route from Mt. Sterling to Maysville crossed the bridge, then privately owned. This bridge is 266 ft. long and has a single roadway 14 ft. wide. The heavy steel suspension cables and reinforcing timbers added in 1951.