In 1872 an act of the Kentucky General Assembly incorporated the Henderson Bridge Company for the purpose of constructing the bridge, and in 1879 the L&N secured control of the company. Construction began in 1881 on a single-track line bridge and was finished in 1885 at the cost of around two million dollars. Measuring around 12,000 feet, and 27,995 feet total including its approaches, its channel span of 525 feet was the largest trestle span at that time in the world. It ran from Fourth Street in Henderson across to an area of farmland known as “the river bottoms” southwest of Evansville, crossing Old Henderson Road. The bridge was replaced in 1932 by a larger one built a few yards downstream, which is still used today.
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