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Officially known as the Boone Viaduct when built back between the years of 1898 and 1901, the Kate Shelley High Bridge is one of the country’s longest and oldest double-track railroad bridges. Shelley risked her life during a thunderstorm in 1881, at 17 years old, to warn a passenger train of an upcoming bridge being out. The train had been stopped already, so Kate Shelley then went on that night to lead a rescue team to two men who were stranded near her home in the flooded Honey Creek. The bridge is located about three miles just outside of Boone.
Boone, IA 50036
Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
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