High Bridge is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Jessamine County, Kentucky, United States. As of the 2010 census it had a population of 242. It lies along the demean reaches of the Kentucky River across from the confluence of the Dix River behind the Kentucky. The community is allocation of the Lexington–Fayette Metropolitan Statistical Area.

A publish office was expected in 1879 in the community next known as “North Tower”. In 1888, the town was renamed for the landmark High Bridge, a approximately 300-foot-high (91 m) railroad bridge beyond the Kentucky River. The first bridge was planned by John Roebling as a deferment bridge, but ultimately built as a cantilever bridge. The current bridge, the second one on these foundations, is the highest railroad bridge in the United States higher than a navigable river. The Kentucky River runs through the Kentucky River Palisades for much of the subjugate 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. Standing 275 feet (84 m) over the river amid the Palisades, it first carried both passenger and freight trains. The American Society of Civil Engineers has designated it a National Historic Civil Engineering Landmark. The 1876 bridge was replaced in 1911 by a more robust bridge in the thesame place. This is the current bridge, which stands 308 feet (94 m) above the river. Freight trains of the Norfolk Southern Railway still use this bridge several period a day.

The Palisades were a popular spot for picnics and dances, as breezes from the river gorge kept it comfortable. An open-air roofed ballroom was built there for community dances and has been preserved. A little playground and park touch the Palisades property.