Electric Railroad Line Established
After the Civil War, the agricultural and suburban lifestyle of the study area
continued to develop. Between 1901 and 1910, and electric interurban railroad line
was established linking Louisville with Shelbyville via St. Matthews, Middletown and
Eastwood. The line paralleled Frankfort Avenue and Shelbyville Road and crossed
Floyds Fork on its own bridge located just south of the Old Shelbyville Road bridge.
The line was discontinued around 1940 as the automobile transformed America's travel
habits. All that remains of the Interurban Railroad in the study area today are the
concrete supports for the bridge on either side of the stream just south of the old
Shelbyville Road bridge.
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