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Newport & Cincinnati Bridge

Hamilton County, Ohio, and Campbell County, Kentucky

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Cincinnati Ohio Iron Bridge

A forest of Keystone Columns!

Photo uploaded by Art S

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BH Photo #351625

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Facts 

Overview
Lost Whipple through truss bridge over Ohio River on L&N Railroad
Location
Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio, and Campbell County, Kentucky
Status
Superstructure replaced
History
Built 1872 superstructure replaced 1897
Builders
- Jacob H. Linville of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
- Keystone Bridge Co. of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Railroads
- Louisville & Nashville Railroad (L&N; LN)
- Streetcar
Design
Whipple through truss
Approximate latitude, longitude
+39.09802, -84.49775   (decimal degrees)
39°05'53" N, 84°29'52" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
16/716389/4330635 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Newport
Inventory number
BH 71833 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

19th Century (6,962)
Built 1872 (93)
Built during 1870s (1,005)
Campbell County, Kentucky (23)
Cincinnati, Ohio (48)
Hamilton County, Ohio (101)
Jacob H. Linville (20)
Kentucky (1,259)
Keystone Bridge Co. (60)
Linville Truss (7)
Linville-Piper Truss (7)
Lost (22,644)
Lost 1897 (12)
Lost during 1890s (123)
 Louisville & Nashville Railroad (183)
Ohio (3,158)
Ohio River (111)
Owned by railroad (11,309)
Pin-connected (3,719)
Rail-and-Road (363)
Railroad (14,502)
State line crossing (796)
Streetcar (255)
Superstructure replaced (59)
Through truss (14,192)
Truss (31,416)
Whipple truss (339)

Update Log 

  • October 15, 2018: Updated by Luke: Added categories "Linville-Piper Truss", "Linville Truss", "Pin-connected"
  • April 15, 2016: Added by ArtS

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Newport & Cincinnati Bridge
Posted October 15, 2018, by Art S. (asuckewer [at] knite [dot] com)

Done

Newport & Cincinnati Bridge
Posted October 15, 2018, by Luke

Art, can you label imgs 5 & 12 as being shots of the Linville patent truss?