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As there were no bridges across the Ohio River at Cincinnati or any place west, including Louisville, crossing the river during the winter months during the war years stressed the need for such a bridge. The L&N financed the Louisville Bridge Company to begin building such a bridge, with the work beginning on August 1, 1867.
Henderson Bridge (Ohio River) CSX Transportation: Union Township and Henderson: 1932 Bi-State Vietnam Gold Star Bridges: US 41: Evansville and Henderson (crosses the river entirely within the state of Kentucky at this point) 1932, 1965
Laughery Creek Bridge: Bypassed Whipple truss: 1878 1974 SR 56 (former) Laughery Creek: Aurora: Dearborn and Ohio: IN-19: Madison and Indianapolis Railroad, Madison Incline Replaced Reinforced concrete closed-spandrel arch: 1974 SR 56 (West Main Street)
The Kentucky & Indiana Bridge is one of the first multi modal bridges to cross the Ohio River. It is for both railway and common roadway purposes together. [1] Federal, state, and local law state that railway, streetcar, wagon-way, and pedestrian modes of travel were intended by the cities of New Albany and Louisville, the states of Kentucky and Indiana, the United States Congress, and the ...
The Abraham Lincoln Bridge is a six-lane, single-deck cable-stayed bridge carrying northbound Interstate 65 across the Ohio River, connecting Louisville, Kentucky, and Jeffersonville, Indiana. [2] The main span is 700 feet (213 m) (two spans) and the bridge has a total length of 2,100 feet (640 m).
The John F. Kennedy Memorial Bridge is a six-lane, single-deck cantilever bridge that carries southbound Interstate 65 across the Ohio River, connecting Louisville, Kentucky and Jeffersonville, Indiana. The main span is 700 feet (213 m) (two spans) and the bridge has a total length of 2,498 feet (761 m).
The Laughery Creek Bridge aka Triple Whipple Bridge was built in 1878 and is the last triple-intersection Pratt truss bridge in the United States.. Laughery Creek is an 88.6-mile-long (142.6 km) [2] stream that flows through Ripley, Dearborn, and Ohio counties in southeastern Indiana, and is a tributary of the Ohio River.
The Ohio River Museum is a museum that interprets the history of the Ohio River. The museum is situated on the Muskingum River, near its confluence with the Ohio River, in Marietta, Ohio. Opened on March 16, 1941, [1] the museum celebrated its 75th anniversary in 2016. [2] Among the museum's collection is the W.P. Snyder, Jr., the last steam ...