Young's High Bridge | |
|---|---|
 Eastern section, seen fromU.S. Route 62 | |
| Coordinates | 38°02′25″N84°50′45″W / 38.0404°N 84.8457°W /38.0404; -84.8457 (Young's High Bridge) |
| Crosses | Kentucky River |
| Locale | Anderson andWoodford Counties,Kentucky,United States |
| Characteristics | |
| Design | Cantilever |
| Total length | 1,659 ft (506 m) |
| Height | 283 ft (86 m) |
| History | |
| Opened | 1889 |
| Closed | End of railroad use 1985 |
| Location | |
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Young's High Bridge is a former railroad bridge nearTyrone,Kentucky, USA, that spans theKentucky River betweenAnderson County, Kentucky andWoodford County, Kentucky for theLouisville Southern Railroad.[1] Thecantilever bridge, named in honor ofWilliam Bennett Henderson Young, was constructed in 1889, and the first train crossed over on August 24, 1889. The bridge is 1,659 feet in length, is 283 feet above the river, and includes a 551 foot long cantilever span.[2]
The bridge formerly carried traffic on the Lexington to Lawrenceburg Division of theSouthern Railway.[3] The last passenger train crossed the bridge on December 27, 1937. It remained in use for freight traffic, which had dwindled by the late 1970s, and the last train to cross the bridge was in November 1985, after which the line was abandoned by theNorfolk Southern Railway.
It is a contributing structure in theLexington Extension of the Louisville Southern Railroad, which is listed on theNational Register of Historic Places.
In February 2013, the bridge was sold to Young's Bridge Partners LLC, who operates a bungee jumping platform on the bridge on behalf of Vertigo Bungee.[4] An adjacent section of the railway line is owned byBluegrass Railroad and Museum, which runs excursion trains to the eastern end of the bridge.
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