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; 147 years ago (1877)
Location
The High Bridge is a railroad bridge crossing the Kentucky River Palisades, that rises approximately 275 feet from the river below and connects Jessamine and Mercer counties in Kentucky. Formally dedicated in 1879,[1] it is the first cantilever bridge constructed in the United States. It has a three-span continuous under-deck truss used by Norfolk Southern Railway to carry trains between Lexington and Danville. It has been designated as 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).
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