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Located on Kentucky Route 169, this ferry service connects auto traffic between the county seats of Richmond in Madison County, Nicholasville in Jessamine County and Lexington Kentucky. The route leads you directly to downtown Richmond, Lexington and Nicholasville. The ferry was founded in 1780, predating Kentucky's admission to the Union in 1792
Kentucky Route 169 Route information Maintained by KTC Length 36.161 mi (58.195 km) Existed September 26, 1980 –present Major junctions North end KY 33 near Versailles Major intersections US 27 in Nicholasville US 68 near Nicholasville South end US 25 Bus. in Richmond Location Country United States State Kentucky Counties Madison, Jessamine, Woodford Highway system Kentucky State Highway ...
Plans were made to build the connection from the end of the L&N line in Chevrolet, Kentucky, under Cumberland Mountain, and on towards Spears Ferry. Construction on the connection began in October 1927. All told, 13.6 miles of track were constructed, along with a 6,244-foot tunnel under the mountain.
The transportation budget provided a second chance for Nance’s House Bill 2497 to create a ferry system work group, called WSF75, and conduct an economic impact study of ferry cancellations and ...
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]
Kentucky Central Railroad: L&N: 1861 1887 Kentucky Central Railway: Kentucky Central Railway: L&N: 1887 1891 Louisville and Nashville Railroad: Kentucky Highlands Railroad: L&N: 1907 1915 Louisville and Nashville Railroad: Kentucky and Indiana Bridge Company: SOU: 1880 1900 Kentucky and Indiana Bridge and Railroad Company: Kentucky and Indiana ...
The Anderson Ferry is a ferry across the Ohio River between Cincinnati, Ohio and Constance, Kentucky.It has been in continuous operation since 1817. [2] It was originated by George W Anderson the founder of the business, sold to the Kottmyer family then known as the Kotmeyer ferry and was later sold back to the Anderson family in 1986. [3]
CSX Transportation owns and operates a vast network of rail lines in the United States east of the Mississippi River.In addition to the major systems which merged to form CSX – the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, Chesapeake and Ohio Railway, Louisville and Nashville Railroad, Atlantic Coast Line Railroad and Seaboard Air Line Railroad – it also owns major lines in the Northeastern United ...