High Bridge is a nearly 300 foot high railroad bridge over the Kentucky River which gives the community its name. The Kentucky River runs through Kentucky River Palisades for much of the lower portion of its length. Most of the bridges over it in the area are relatively high ones.

High Bridge was opened in 1876 and was the first cantilever bridge in North America. It Standing 275 feet over the river between the Palisades, it first carried both passenger and freight trains. The American Society of Civil Engineers has designated it a National Engineering Landmark. Freight trains of the Norfolk Southern Railway still use this bridge several times a day.