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The Swing Bridge in Newcastle. In 1876, because the 18th-century bridge at Newcastle restricted access by ships to the Elswick works, Armstrong's company paid for a new Swing Bridge to be built, so that warships could have their guns fitted at Elswick. In 1882 Armstrong's company merged with Mitchell's to form Sir William Armstrong, Mitchell ...
The previous bridge on the site was demolished in 1868 to enable larger ships to move upstream to William Armstrong's works. [3] The hydraulic Swing Bridge was designed and paid for by Armstrong, with work beginning in 1873. It was first used for road traffic on 15 June 1876 and opened for river traffic on 17 July 1876. [4]
KY-31: Andrew J. Sullivan Bridge Replaced Reinforced concrete closed-spandrel arch: 1928 2000 KY 904: Cumberland River: Williamsburg: Whitley: KY-36: Hopewell Bridge Whipple truss: 1987 Little Sandy River (Kentucky) Hopewell: Greenup: KY-37: High Bridge: Extant
L&N Shortline Bridge CSX Transportation: Worthville and English: Gratz Bridge KY 22: Gratz and Lockport Robert C. Yount Memorial Bridges US 127 / US 421: Frankfort: Broadway Bridge R.J. Corman Railroad Group: Singing Bridge: Bridge Street War Mothers Memorial Bridge: US 60 / KY 420: Julian M. Carroll Bridge KY 676: Interstate 64 Bridge I-64 ...
KY 2541 Bridge: 1884 1988-01-27 Greenup Greenup: Pratt through truss. ...
Built in 1835, the Dover Covered Bridge in Mason County is falling into disrepair. The community is rallying together to save it. The Dover Covered Bridge is the oldest of its kind in KY.
Will Kentucky see any changes? Managers of the $3.6 billion Brent Spence Bridge Corridor project outlined six other changes on Friday, all inspired by input gathered from members of the public and ...
Kentucky and Ohio will get more than $1.63 billion in federal grants to help build a new Ohio River bridge near Cincinnati and improve the existing overloaded span there, a heavily used freight ...