You'll Probably Never Drive Over This Bridge, Harrods Old Trace Bridge, 1907, Railroad Train

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"THIS IS A PRIVATE ROAD. DO NOT ENTER."
Back along a hard packed deadend gravel road literally 50 feet from I-265 on the east side of Louisville, Kentucky I found this timber stringer bridge over the Norfolk Southern Railroad. The road, Harrods Old Trace, dates back to the 1800s with this bridge dating back to around 1907 although I’m sure it has been updated once or twice since then with new decking and rails.
The trains use this route daily and on my visit on December 8th, 2023 I was lucky enough to catch one rumbling under the bridge.
The bridge sees very little traffic as there are only about 4 or 5 homes on the other side of the tracks. But with a 5 ton weight limit, this bridge most likely can’t accommodate some ambulances and fire trucks are definitely too heavy to use the bridge. I have to wonder what the home owners agreement is with fire and rescue services in the area.
The bridge looks to be in great shape but these timber stringers are going by the wayside quickly in the Midwest. They were fairly common on the rural backroads but now as they have reached their life expectancy, most are being closed and removed as opposed to being rebuilt or repaired.
GPS Location: 38°11’33.0″N 85°30’29.7″W

[@breakstuffinc]

thanks for the update 0n this bridge!

[@AdventuresUnseen24]

Very cool

[@jeffs5093]

Long after all these old structures are gone. Your videos will live on, and you will be remembered. Future generations will be grateful for all you have done to preserve these structures on video.

[@historyinyourownbackyard2363]

That's the plan! :)

[@jackwalsh1468]

Satolli, I enjoyed the video very much and the music, too. "The flight of the bumble bee" was a great touch. Cheers, Mate.

[@OklahomaRailfan_Productions]

Nice I like trains also new subscriber.

[@historyinyourownbackyard2363]

Welcome to the group. If you go to my website: www.HistoryInYourOwnBackyard.com and type in "trains" or "Railroads" in the SEARCH box, all of those types of videos I produced will pop up.

[@HigherPowerWorldWide]

I have a friend who lived on this road, so I have probably crossed not knowing the history of the Bridge. It is a very lovely neck of the woods. May it survive for another 100 years or so.

[@historyinyourownbackyard2363]

Hopefully it will be around for a long time.

[@musclecarmitch908]

Awesome bridge! Those old unique bridges will soon all be gone! Thanks for documenting them so they can live on in the future!👍

[@historyinyourownbackyard2363]

You have no idea how much I enjoy doing this project.

[@1046fireman]

I have been there.

[@go4damo]

How on earth!

[@joeanderson9852]

❤❤

[@WR33S]

While vacationing for a couple of weeks in the mountains of North Carolina, I was exploring abandon train tunnels and chasing waterfalls. I was surprised to find dozens of all wood bridges like the one in this video and are apparently a common feature in that area.

[@historyinyourownbackyard2363]

Really? That's cool!

[@go4damo]

What ambulance weighs 10k?

[@robertpsarudakis3474]

Love the "The Green Hornet" music!!

[@johnswigler6512]

Satolli, do you operate the drone?.🧢🇺🇸

[@historyinyourownbackyard2363]

On this video I did. I hire a guy to fly drones on my client paid videos though. He's really good and has a ton of experience.

[@campermike8879]

There were several in my area and I documented many as I could Some are left some have been rebuilt One has been closed for years and it looked like they started repairs and stopped. I have not kept track of which are gone and not been able to check on them in person I know you said in replies to me comments on other videos about gps locations. I will get a list together sometime hopefully soon. Be easier if there was a way to give you GPS location other than YT comments But will do what works

[@historyinyourownbackyard2363]

you can send them to me by email at [e-mail] or send them to me through Facebook Messenger: "Satolli Glassmeyer". Thanks!