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High Bridge, viewed from Jessamine County. In 1851, the Lexington & Danville Railroad, with Julius Adams as chief engineer, retained John A. Roebling (who later designed the Brooklyn Bridge) to build a railroad suspension bridge across the Kentucky River for a line connecting Lexington and Danville, Kentucky, west of the confluence of the Dix and Kentucky rivers. [1]
The High Bridge census-designated place consists of the community of High Bridge as well as rural land comprising the inside of the bend on the Kentucky River where the bridge is located. Kentucky Route 29 leads northeast from High Bridge 4.5 miles (7.2 km) to Wilmore, and Nicholasville, the Jessamine county seat, is 10 miles (16 km) northeast ...
KY-36: Hopewell Bridge Whipple truss: 1987 Little Sandy River (Kentucky) Hopewell: Greenup: KY-37: High Bridge: Extant Baltimore truss: 1911 1987 Cincinnati Southern Railway: Kentucky River: High Bridge: Jessamine and Mercer: KY-49: Bennett's Covered Bridge: Extant Wheeler truss
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Most of the bridge structure is wooden, causing catastrophic damage when it is struck, necessitating closures for repairs. [9] [10] Onondaga Lake Parkway Bridge: 1871 3.28 m (10 ft 9 in) Syracuse, New York, U.S. Railroad bridge that has been hit more than any other bridge in the US. Montague Street Bridge: 1914 3.0 m (9.8 ft)
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In 1935 the building became Eastern Junior High School. In 1966 it became Breckinridge Elementary, which would later move and be renamed Breckinridge-Franklin Elementary in 1999. The building ...