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The railroad heritage of a repurposed road bridge can be seen in the hand laid stone embunkments on both sides of the creek it crosses. The road through here was originally a railroad line built in 1888-89 and pulled up in 1934. I don't think the bridge itself is original to 1889 but may have been a replacement put in by the L&N that operated the line from 1907 until abandonment.
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Nope, this line was a victim of being redundent. This railroad was built in 1888 as the Richmond, Irvine, Nicholasville & Beattyville Railroad and was built with the sole purpose of direct competition to the L&N's developing line to the East KY coal fields. The RIN&B actually beat the L&N to the coal traffic but the simple fact is the L&N had a better built line with less grades and heavier construction. Traffic on the RIN&B dwindled until it went into recievership in 1907 when the L&N bought out ther former competitor.
The L&N operated the line as a subsidary known as the Louisville & Atlantic until 1934 when the lumber traffic and general freight could be better handled over the same L&N lines that took away the coal traffic. The L&A eventualy became redundent to other L&N lines and the decision to abanadon was finally brought down.
The L&N operated the line as a subsidary known as the Louisville & Atlantic until 1934 when the lumber traffic and general freight could be better handled over the same L&N lines that took away the coal traffic. The L&A eventualy became redundent to other L&N lines and the decision to abanadon was finally brought down.
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