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Kentucky & Indiana Bridge (Old)
Photos
1887 photograph
Public Domain: Published Prior to 1923
View this photo at historiclouisville.weebly.com
BH Photo #337504
Facts
- Overview
- Lost through truss bridge over Ohio River on Monon/Southern/B&O/Kentucky & Indiana Terminal Railroad/Daisy Line and Road
- Location
- Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky, and Floyd County, Indiana
- Status
- Replaced by a new bridge
- History
- Built 1886; Replaced 1912
- Builder
- - Youngstown Bridge Co. of Youngstown, Ohio (1893 approach replacement.)
- Railroads
- - Baltimore & Ohio Railroad (B&O; BO)
- Chicago, Indianapolis, & Louisville Railway (CIL)
- Daisy Line
- Interurban
- Kentucky & Indiana Bridge & Railroad Co. (K&IB&R)
- Kentucky & Indiana Terminal Railroad (K&IT)
- Louisville & Southern Indiana Traction Co. (L&SI)
- Southern Railway (SOU)
- Design
- Through truss
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +38.28132, -85.80140 (decimal degrees)
38°16'53" N, 85°48'05" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 16/604832/4237708 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- New Albany
- Inventory number
- BH 60983 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Update Log
- December 16, 2018: New photo from Douglas Butler
- September 10, 2015: Updated by Luke: Converted Panhandle duplicate into an entry for an unlisted bridge.
- September 10, 2015: New photo from Douglas Butler
- May 15, 2014: Added by Douglas Butler
Related Bridges
- Kentucky & Indiana Bridge (Successor)
Sources
- Douglas Butler
- Historic Photos of Louisville Kentucky - Imagery + Info
- Luke
© Copyright 2002-19, James Baughn and contributors.
This page's URL is http://bridgehunter.com/ky/jefferson/panhandle/
This page's URL is http://bridgehunter.com/ky/jefferson/panhandle/
The first two sketches ARE NOT the old K&I.
They are of the Pennsylvania (panhandle) Bridge.
The K&I was never referred to as the panhandle bridge.
The last picture is the old K&I.