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High Bridge, KY - History


We would like to provide the residents of  High Bridge  a basic history overview.


Welcome to the High Bridge Home page. The High Bridge Home page provides as much information as possible on High Bridge. Knowing High Bridge’s history is essential to guiding its future. Within High Bridge’s Home page, you will also find High Bridge’s Founders, Holiday, and Birthday sections.

High Bridge has a population of 180. 55% of High Bridge’s inhabitants are Male, and 45 are female. 78.9% of High Bridge is married and 22.5% own their own home. High Bridge’s Ethnic is the following: White(98.3%), Multiple(1.7%).


A post office was established in 1879 in the community then known as "North Tower". In 1888, the town was renamed for the landmark High Bridge, a nearly 300-foot-high (91 m) railroad bridge over the Kentucky River. The first bridge was planned by John Roebling as a suspension bridge, but ultimately built as a cantilever bridge.


The current bridge, the second one on these foundations, is the highest railroad bridge in the United States over a navigable river. The Kentucky River runs through the Kentucky River Palisades for much of the lower portion of its length. Most of the bridges over it in the area are relatively high ones. High Bridge was opened in 1876 and was the first cantilever bridge in North America.


Standing 275 feet (84 m) over the river between the Palisades, it first carried both passenger and freight trains. The American Society of Civil Engineers has designated it a National Historic Civil Engineering Landmark. The 1876 bridge was replaced in 1911 by a more robust bridge in the same place.


This is the current bridge, which stands 308 feet (94 m) above the river. Freight trains of the Norfolk Southern Railway still use this bridge several times a day. The Palisades were a popular spot for picnics and dances, as breezes from the river gorge kept it comfortable. An open-air roofed ballroom was built there for community dances and has been preserved.


A small playground and park adjoin the Palisades property. A brand of bottled water named for the community depicts the bridge on its label. Highbridge Springs water is well-known to the University of Kentucky Wildcats. The Wildcat mascot is used on the bottle label to show support for the team. The bottle name is "Swish". Bethel Academy, the first Methodist school west of the Appalachians, was established in the High Bridge vicinity in 1790.


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