Clays Ferry Bridge - I-75 Interstate - Lexington - Kentucky

Clays Ferry Bridge - I-75 Interstate - Lexington - Kentucky

Clays Ferry is named after Green Clay, one of the first people to own a ferry system that this location. The ferry, starting in 1798 provided a crossing point on the Kentucky River between Madison and Fayette Counties, and the cities of Lexington and Richmond. Green Clay was also the father of the future politician, abolitionist, and ambassador to Russia, Cassius Marcellus Clay, who worked with Abraham Lincoln during his presidency. Cassius' name is easily recognized by students of American history for the connection to Muhammad Ali's father, and Ali himself