High Bridge | |
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 An aerial view of the High Bridge | |
| Coordinates | 37°49′00″N 84°43′12″W / 37.8168°N 84.7200°W |
| Carries | Norfolk Southern Railway |
| Crosses | Kentucky River |
| Locale | Jessamine & Mercer Counties, Kentucky, United States |
| Characteristics | |
| Design | Truss |
| Total length | 1,125 feet (343 m) |
| Height | 275 feet (84 m) (or 308 ft.) |
| History | |
| Designer | Charles Shaler Smith (1876) Gustav Lindenthal (1911) |
| Opened | 1877 |
| Location | |
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The High Bridge is a railroad bridge crossing the Kentucky River Palisades, in Kentucky. The bridge, about 275 feet over the river below, connects Jessamine and Mercer counties. It was formally dedicated in 1879,[1] and is the first cantilever bridge built in the United States. It has a three-span continuous under-deck truss, which is used by Norfolk Southern Railway to carry trains between Lexington and Danville. The High Bridge is a National Historic Civil Engineering Landmark.[2]
- ^ Griggs, Frank (August 2015). "Kentucky River High Bridge". Structure Magazine.
- ^ Griggs, Francis (2002). "Kentucky River High Bridge". Journal of Bridge Engineering. 7 (2): 73–84. doi:10.1061/(ASCE)1084-0702(2002)7:2(73).