{"id":2618,"date":"2009-11-01T07:38:38","date_gmt":"2009-11-01T12:38:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.howderfamily.com\/blog\/?p=2618"},"modified":"2022-01-17T19:48:08","modified_gmt":"2022-01-18T00:48:08","slug":"bridge-in-a-haystack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.howderfamily.com\/blog\/bridge-in-a-haystack\/","title":{"rendered":"Bridge in a Haystack"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Random search engine queries caught in my user access logs often inspire articles on the Twelve Mile Circle. I found one earlier this week that went something like this: “only ky bridge that leaves one state, crosses a river, comes back into the same state.” That sounded like it could be an interesting adventure so I set off virtually to discover the bridge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Finding<\/a>
A Needle in a Haystack<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

It shouldn’t be too difficult to open up one of the map websites on my browser, pan around the Kentucky perimeter, and find a bridge that happened to clip one of the bordering states. Rivers define Kentucky’s borders perhaps more than any other state. They wrap along three of Kentucky’s four boundaries: the Mississippi River to the West; the Ohio River to the West and North; and the Big Sandy River and Tug Fork to the East. These waterways twist and turn tightly and frequently, sometimes leaving slivers of the state on the “wrong” side<\/a> of the river as they change course, so I felt confident I would solve this mystery without any trouble.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Except I couldn’t find it!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Mystery Solved?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

After way too much time spent hunting, pecking and Googling for that needle in a haystack, I think I finally solved the mystery. It’s not a single bridge, rather it’s a series of bridges spanning between short land-based segments. A driver heading north on a stretch of concurrent U.S. Route 52\/119 heading out of Williamson, West Virginia will encounter the phenomenon I’ve marked on this map.<\/p>\n\n\n\n