Construction

ID: 2230
This file appears in: Prestonsburg Toll Bridge
Construction

This photograph shows Works Progress Administration workers building a retaining wall in Prestonsburg. Courtesy of the University of Kentucky.

This file appears in: Prestonsburg Toll Bridge

By Katie Crawford-Lackey
Historical Marker #2117 in Prestonsburg commemorates the historic toll bridge fondly known as the "Old Red Bridge." In the early 1800s, Prestonsburg was a small but growing community. In 1810, only six families resided in town. The…