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LN - 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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Description 

Total length does not include the 1,130' timber approach trestle.

Facts 

Overview
Lost Linville-Piper Variant 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 (LN)
- Streetcar
Design
Linville-Piper Variant Whipple through truss
North to South:
Timber trestle, 1,130'
Through truss, 100'
Six deck trusses - 1 of 75', 1 of 85', 4 of 80'
Whipple through truss, 85'
Three brick arch spans, 137' total
Two pony truss spans, 92.2' and 96'
Six Whipple through truss spans, 137'; 418'; 237';260'; 202.5'; 202.5'
Three spans, 43.8' each
Seven brick arch spans, 182' total
One span, 35'
Five brick arch spans and approach wall, 236.2' total
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 420.0 ft.
Total length: 3,022.2 ft. (0.6 mi.)
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 (9,059)
Built 1872 (135)
Built during 1870s (1,399)
Campbell County, Kentucky (23)
Cincinnati, Ohio (170)
Curved (506)
Deck truss (1,973)
Hamilton County, Ohio (239)
Jacob H. Linville (21)
Kentucky (1,425)
Keystone Bridge Co. (77)
Linville Truss (7)
Linville-Piper Truss (8)
Lost (29,974)
Lost 1897 (24)
Lost during 1890s (217)
Louisville & Nashville Railroad (299)
 Ohio (4,666)
Ohio River (120)
Owned by railroad (13,727)
Pin-connected (5,037)
Pony truss (17,222)
Pratt pony truss (4,020)
Pratt truss (10,535)
Rail-and-Road (400)
Railroad (16,665)
Span length 250-500 feet (1,285)
State line crossing (933)
Streetcar (292)
Superstructure replaced (90)
Through truss (17,847)
Total length over 2500 feet (966)
Truss (36,744)
Whipple truss (485)

Update Log 

  • August 4, 2022: Updated by Paul Plassman: Added dimensions and more comprehensive design description
  • July 17, 2022: New photo from Paul Plassman
  • January 18, 2022: Updated by Paul Plassman: Added span lengths
  • September 4, 2020: New photo from Art Suckewer
  • 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?