A Local Attraction

ID: 997 ~ Source: Courtesy New Albany-Floyd County Public Library

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Postcard view of the K&I bridge, 1910. New Albany residents took great pride in the bridge, which represented an impressive feat of engineering and boosted the city's economy.

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Kentucky and Indiana Terminal Bridge

By Ashley Slavey, Megan Simms, Wes Cunningham, Eric Brumfield & Katy Morrison

As New Albany and Louisville grew as industrial centers after the Civil War, transportation connections became vital for efficient movement of raw materials and finished goods. The first bridge across the Ohio at Louisville opened in 1870. …