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The George Washington Bridge's flag, the world's largest, is hung on special occasions. Since 1947 or 1948, [a] the bridge has flown the world's largest free-flying American flag on special occasions. Hung inside the arch of the New Jersey tower, it measures 90 feet (27 m) long, 60 feet (18 m) wide, and 450 pounds (200 kg).
The Brent Spence Bridge is a double decker, cantilevered truss bridge that carries Interstates 71 and 75 across the Ohio River between Covington, Kentucky and Cincinnati, Ohio. The top deck carries Kentucky-bound traffic while the bottom deck carries Ohio-bound traffic.
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The bridge was designed by David B. Steinman, drawing upon his 1911 Ph.D. thesis in civil engineering at Columbia University. [2] [3] Named to commemorate the voyage of Henry Hudson on the Half Moon, which anchored near the site in 1609, [4] [5] it was the longest plate girder arch and fixed arch bridge in the world when it opened in 1936. [4]
The bridge is the world's heaviest and widest double-decked vertical-lift bridge. [6] More than 35,000 tons of concrete and 7,000 tons of steel went into the bridge, which replaced the narrow 54-year-old swing bridge, declared a menace to navigation on the busy Keweenaw Waterway.
Newport Southbank Bridge, the world's longest pedestrian-only bridge, connects Newport, Kentucky to Cincinnati, Ohio; Owensboro Bridge, Owensboro, Kentucky to Spencer County; Sherman Minton Bridge, double-decked dual suspended arch bridge connecting Louisville, Kentucky to New Albany, Indiana