I paused after crossing to get a look at the entire bridge. A promising, but closed for the winter, BBQ restaurant sits near the bridge. The restaurant's parking lot provides a good spot for studying the newer bridge high above. It was built in 1946 as a two lane bridge to carry US-25. A matching span was added in 1963 to provide two more lanes for I-75. In 1998, the space between was filled in to make a six lane bridge.

The current house is a reproduction of the house Henry Clay lived in. But it's a 160 year old reproduction. The central portion of the original house was built in 1806 with the wings added a few years later. Materials were poor, especially the brick, plus the house was likely damaged by the 1811-1812 New Madrid earthquakes. Following Henry's death, his son had the unstable building razed and rebuilt. The layout of the reproduction is the same as the original although the actual construction is a bit more ornate.

I considered using the car-hop service, but let the rain push me inside. Note that the speaker/microphone box is on a long cord and removable from the tray. I'm actually glad that I went in. The red swivel stools and boomerang patterned counter are pretty cool. The place isn't at all as deserted as it looks. About three of the booths to the right of the picture were filled as were several tables in the new "Dine In Garage" area. I have two pictures of my Big Lex burger. One as delivered and another after I unwrapped it.

I had planned on following one of the two Dixie Highway routes back to Cincinnati, but, just like it did with my plans it eat in the car, the rain changed my mind. I headed straight to I-75, passing right by last night's sleeping spot, and took the many-laned path home.