Young's High Bridge

Not to be confused with High Bridge of Kentucky.

Young's High Bridge
Coordinates	38°02′25″N 84°50′45″W / 38.0404°N 84.8457°W / 38.0404; -84.8457 (Young's High Bridge)Coordinates: 38°02′25″N 84°50′45″W / 38.0404°N 84.8457°W / 38.0404; -84.8457 (Young's High Bridge)
Crosses	Kentucky River
Locale	Anderson and Woodford 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

Young's High Bridge is a former railroad bridge near Tyrone, Kentucky, USA, that spans the Kentucky River between Anderson County, Kentucky and Woodford County, Kentucky for the Louisville Southern Railroad.^[1] The cantilever bridge, named in honor of William 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 the Southern 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 the Norfolk Southern Railway.

In February, 2013, the bridge was sold to Young's Bridge Partners LLC, who intends to operate a bungee jumping platform on the bridge on behalf of Vertigo Bungee.^[4] An adjacent section of the railway line is owned by Bluegrass Railroad and Museum, which runs excursion trains to the eastern end of the bridge.

References

↑ Young's High Bridge at the Bluegrass Railroad and Museum website (retrieved March 1, 2013)
↑ Young's High Bridge, Tyrone, Kentucky (retrieved March 1, 2013)
↑ Track Rehabilitation at the Bluegrass Railroad and Museum website (retrieved March 1, 2013)
↑ Old Kentucky River railroad bridge will become bungee-jumping platform, dated 02/24/2013

History of Railroads in Kentucky

Companies	Frankfort and Cincinnati Railroad Louisville and Nashville Railroad

Individuals	Basil W. Duke

Museums	Big South Fork Scenic Railway Bluegrass Railroad and Museum Elkhorn City Railroad Museum Historic Railpark and Train Museum Kentucky Railway Museum Railway Museum of Greater Cincinnati

Stations	Ashland Coal and Iron Railroad Office Ashland Coal and Iron Railroad Store Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad Passenger and Baggage Depots Henderson, Louisville and Nashville Railroad Depot Hopkinsville L & N Railroad Depot Illinois Central Railroad Station and Freight Depot Louisville and Nashville Railroad Depot Louisville and Nashville Railroad Passenger Depot Louisville, Henderson, and St. Louis Railroad Depot Old L & N Station Paris Railroad Depot Shelbyville L & N Railroad Depot Stanford L&N Railroad Depot Union Station (Louisville) Union Station (Owensboro)

Vehicles	Frankfort and Cincinnati Model 55 Rail Car L & N Steam Locomotive No. 152 Louisville and Nashville Combine Car Number 665 Mt. Broderick Pullman Car

Bridges	Barren River L & N Railroad Bridge Big Four Bridge Cairo Rail Bridge C&O Railroad Bridge Cincinnati Southern Bridge Fourteenth Street Bridge (Ohio River) Henderson Bridge (Ohio River) High Bridge of Kentucky Kentucky & Indiana Terminal Bridge Metropolis Bridge Newport Southbank Bridge Sciotoville Bridge Young's High Bridge

Other	Cincinnati Southern Railroad Culvert--CSRR Lexington Extension of the Louisville Southern Railroad Louisville and Nashville Railroad Office Building Mitchellsburg Louisville and Nashville Railroad Culvert Russell Railroad YMCA Tank Pond Railroad Underpass

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