Two men on the banks of the Kentucky River, and another man in a small boat in the river, survey the High Bridge, which was originally planned to be a suspension bridge but construction was halted during the Civil War. When the bridge was completed...
High Bridge over the Kentucky River. It stood 275 feet tall and spanned 1,125 feet. When the bridge was completed in 1877 (after construction was halted during the Civil War), it was the first cantilever bridge in North America, and also the...
