This is a single suspension bridge from the Bridgemeister historical inventory of suspension bridges.

(footbridge)

Pineville vicinity, Kentucky, USA - Cumberland River
Bridgemeister ID:4933 (added 2020-08-04)
Name:(footbridge)
Location:Pineville vicinity, Kentucky, USA
Crossing:Cumberland River
Use:Footbridge
Status:In use (last checked: 1975)
Main Cables:Wire

Notes:

  • The January 3, 1975 edition of the Middlesboro Daily News (Middlesboro, Kentucky) ran a front page photo with description: "As this young woman gazes out over the water of the Cumberland River she may be contemplating the first day of sunshine In the new year. The scenic suspension bridge from which she is gazing at the icy water below is located about two miles past Bell High School on the Harlan Road." That appears to place the bridge in Pineville or very nearby based on the present day (2020) locations of Bell County High School and Harlan Road (US119).
  • Likely removed.

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