1932: A New Year’s Eve Opening for a Replacement Bridge Between the Bluegrass and Hoosier States

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1932: A New Year’s Eve Opening for a Replacement Bridge Between the Bluegrass and Hoosier States

December 31, 1932  A railroad bridge crossing the Ohio River between the city of Henderson, Kentucky, and Vanderburgh County, Indiana, was formally opened. This 12,123-foot (3,695)-long structure was constructed by the Louisville and Nashville Railroad (L&N) to replace the bridge that this company had built in the vicinity during the 1880s. That original bridge, which... Continue Reading →