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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 ...
Road bridge New York City Subway ... John A. Roebling Suspension Bridge: 322 m (1,056 ft) ... Map all coordinates using OpenStreetMap.
John A. Roebling Suspension Bridge: KY 17: Cincinnati and Covington 1867 ... Map all coordinates using OpenStreetMap. Download coordinates as: KML; GPX (all coordinates)
John Augustus Roebling (born Johann August Röbling; June 12, 1806 – July 22, 1869) was a German-born American civil engineer. [1] He designed and built wire rope suspension bridges, in particular the Brooklyn Bridge, which has been designated as a National Historic Landmark and a National Historic Civil Engineering Landmark.
Dallas’ Margaret Hunt Hill bridge places No. 83 on America’s Top 100 Most Iconic Bridges. The Bridge located in West Dallas connects Woodall Rodgers Freeway to Singleton Boulevard — a span ...
Suspension bridges in the United States by state or territory (15 C) Pages in category "Suspension bridges in the United States" The following 26 pages are in this category, out of 26 total.
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Begun in 1856, it was designed and built by famed engineer John A. Roebling, whom went on to design the more famous Brooklyn Bridge in New York City. The bridge’s planning began a decade prior, when the Covington and Cincinnati Bridge Company was incorporated. Political obstacles led to the project’s stagnation for nearly a decade.