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Taylor–Southgate Bridge: US 27: Cincinnati and Newport: 1995 Newport Southbank Bridge (Purple People Bridge) Pedestrian Cincinnati and Newport 1872, 1897 Daniel Carter Beard Bridge: I-471: Cincinnati and Newport 1976
The Daniel Carter Beard Bridge (also known colloquially as the Big Mac Bridge), is a yellow twin span steel bowstring arch bridge crossing the Ohio River in Cincinnati, Ohio. It carries Interstate 471 between Cincinnati, Ohio, and Newport, Kentucky .
The John A. Roebling Suspension Bridge (formerly the Cincinnati-Covington Bridge) is a suspension bridge that spans the Ohio River between Cincinnati, Ohio, and Covington, Kentucky. When opened on December 1, 1866, it was the longest suspension bridge in the world at 1,057 feet (322 m) main span, [ 3 ] which was later overtaken by John A ...
The bridge is the only highway bridge crossing for 20 miles (32 km) west of the Cincinnati downtown area. The Markland Locks and Dam , which carries Indiana State Road 101 and Kentucky Route 1039 , is 40 miles (64 km) south and west of the Cropper Bridge.
Additionally, Cincinnati City Council expressed interest in using the bridge for a light rail system that would connect downtown Cincinnati to the Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport. [14] In 2012, a new plan known as Alternative I was designated as the "Selected Alternative."
The Clay Wade Bailey Bridge is a cantilever bridge carrying U.S. Route 42 and U.S. Route 127 across the Ohio River, connecting Cincinnati, Ohio and Covington, Kentucky. It also carries U.S. Route 25, the northern terminus of which is the Ohio state line, at the historic low-water mark of the Ohio River. The bridge's main span is 675 feet (206 m).
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
In 1985, a bridge known as the Simeon Willis Memorial Bridge, was opened to traffic. The second span is named for Kentucky Governor Simeon S. Willis . The bridge was originally planned to cross at 45th St. and connect to a proposed Ashland bypass, but was instead built one block from the existing bridge and carries only northbound traffic while ...