Second K&I Bridge

ID: 998 ~ Source: Raymond Hessing, New Albany-Floyd County Public Library Digital Collections ~ Creator: Raymond Hessing ~ Date: 1940s

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New Albany photographer Raymond Hessing captured this image of the bridge in the 1940s.
Image courtesy of New Albany-Floyd County Public Library Digital Collections

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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. …