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Which High Bridge?

Summer 2003 | Volume 19 |  Issue 1

I ENJOYED DAVID PLOW den’s article “The Bridges I Love” (Winter 2003), especially the comments on the High Bridge here in central Kentucky. I’ve always wanted to walk across it but have been afraid an oncoming train would catch me in the middle. The article says it last saw traffic in 1985, but I know I was on the tracks in 1988 or 1989 when a train came along. Can you confirm that it no longer sees traffic?

The editors reply: Youngs High Bridge, in Tyrone, has indeed not had traffic since 1985. However, the High Bridge, another spectacular span nearby, which was built in 1877 and crosses the Kentucky River between Wilmore and Harrodsburg, does carry freight.

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