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Big Mac Bridge

Hamilton County, Ohio, and Campbell County, Kentucky

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Overview

Photo taken by Jonathan Maxwell

BH Photo #108247

Map 

Street Views 

Facts 

Overview
Pair of tied-arch bridges over the Ohio River on I-471 in Cincinnati
Location
Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio, and Campbell County, Kentucky
Status
Open to eight total lanes of traffic
History
Constructed started 1971; opened to limited traffic 1977; dedicated 1981; entire I-471 project completed 1985
Builder
- Hazelet + Erdal of Chicago, Illinois (Designer)
Design
Steel through arch
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 757.6 ft.
Total length: 2,099.5 ft. (0.4 mi.)
Deck width: 50.1 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 18.0 ft.
Also called
Daniel Carter Beard Bridge (official name)
Approximate latitude, longitude
+39.10079, -84.49520   (decimal degrees)
39°06'03" N, 84°29'43" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
16/716601/4330949 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Newport
Inventory numbers
ODOT 3117685 (Ohio Dept. of Transportation structure file number)
KY 019B00039R (Kentucky bridge number)
BH 27598 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 10/2008)
Deck condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Very Good (8 out of 9)
Appraisal: Functionally obsolete
Sufficiency rating: 67.4 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2009)
54,500

Categories 

Arch (11,196)
Built 1977 (59)
Built during 1970s (737)
Campbell County, Kentucky (19)
Cincinnati, Ohio (40)
Functionally obsolete (7,990)
Hamilton County, Ohio (89)
Have street view (22,087)
Hazelet + Erdal (11)
 Kentucky (1,131)
Ohio (2,918)
Ohio River (103)
Open (36,583)
Owned by state (13,690)
Span length 500-1000 feet (380)
State line crossing (729)
Steel through arch (207)
Total length 1000-2500 feet (1,669)

Update Log 

  • June 19, 2017: New Street View added by Dana and Kay Klein
  • July 28, 2011: Updated by Nathan Holth: Merged NBI Data
  • June 21, 2010: New photos from Anthony Dillon
  • April 15, 2010: New photos from J.P.
  • April 11, 2010: New photos from James McCray
  • March 13, 2010: Updated by Bill Eichelberger: Added Google Street View.
  • February 17, 2010: Updated by Bill Eichelberger: Added GPS coordinates.
  • October 26, 2005: Posted photos from Jonathan Maxwell

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Big Mac Bridge
Posted April 1, 2008, by savannah (leximoobal [at] yahoo [dot] com)

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