Editing Russell, Kentucky (section)

==Economy==

===Industrial===
Part of [[AK Steel]]'s Ashland Works is located in Russell. Russell was also once home to the headquarters of [[Ashland Global]], a diversified chemical company. The two-building headquarters was located on [[Kentucky Route 1725]] (Ashland Drive), with another facility on [[Kentucky Route 693|KY 693 (Diederich Boulevard)]]. The company has since relocated to [[Covington, Kentucky|Covington]]. One of the buildings was purchased by [[Our Lady of Bellefonte Hospital]] and was known as ''Bellefonte Pavilion'' during the hospital's ownership. That building is now owned by Ashland-based [[King's Daughters Medical Center]], has been renamed ''King's Daughters Pavilion'' and houses many of the hospital's business offices.<ref>[https://www.dailyindependent.com/news/update-kdmc-to-purchase-pavilion-for-3m/article_42592b3e-5f27-11eb-9c30-1729218751f6.html UPDATE: KDMC to purchase Pavilion for $3M]</ref><ref>[https://www.dailyindependent.com/news/pavilion-prime-spot-for-vaccine/article_9082e6c4-666b-11eb-be6a-b33905f95763.html Pavilion prime spot for vaccine]</ref> The other building, which was named ''Bellefonte Centre'', is privately owned and is used as physician and clinic offices along with rental office space.<ref>[https://www.herald-dispatch.com/_recent_news/developers-purchase-ashland-plaza-hotel-plan-16m-in-upgrades/article_c88f0300-9f03-11e7-80a9-9b8aa375f202.html Developers purchase Ashland Plaza Hotel, plan $16M in upgrades]</ref>

===Transportation===
The city has a large railroad [[classification yard]], built by the [[Chesapeake and Ohio Railway]] and now owned and operated by [[CSX Transportation]]. The C&O Rail Yard was formerly the largest individually-owned rail yard in the world.

Vehicles may cross the Ohio River via the [[Ironton–Russell Bridge]] or the [[Ben Williamson Memorial Bridge]] in Ashland. A new Ironton-Russell Bridge, opened in 2016, connects downtown Ironton with [[U.S. 23]] and [[Kentucky Route 244|KY 244]] just south of downtown Russell. The original Ironton-Russell Bridge, which connected downtown Ironton directly with Willow Street in downtown Russell, opened in 1922, closed when the new bridge opened in 2016 and was demolished in late 2016–early 2017.

===Medical===
[[Our Lady of Bellefonte Hospital]] was a 214-bed not-for-profit acute care hospital located in Russell from 1953 to 2020. The hospital was part of the [[Catholic Church|Catholic]]-based Bon Secours Health System Inc. Our Lady of Bellefonte Hospital employed approximately 1,200 healthcare professionals, making the hospital the largest employer in [[Greenup County, Kentucky|Greenup County]] when it was open.<ref>[http://www.marshall.edu/cber/research/tristatedata/Tri-State%20Data%20Final%20Report.doc Top employers in Tri-State] Retrieved on 2010-04-21</ref>