High Bridge of Kentucky by Charles Shaler Smith (1876) Gustav Lindenthal (1911)

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High Bridge of Kentucky

High Bridge is a railroad bridge crossing the Kentucky River Palisades, connecting Jessamine County, Kentucky and Mercer County, Kentucky. Constructed in 1876, it is a three-span continuous under-deck truss used by Norfolk Southern Railway to carry trains between Lexington, Kentucky and Danville, Kentucky. It is a National Civil Engineering Landmark.

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