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C&O Railroad Bridge

Hamilton County, Ohio, and Kenton County, Kentucky
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Photo taken by Jonathan Maxwell

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Overview
Cantilevered through truss bridge over the Ohio River at Cincinnati
Location
Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio, and Kenton County, Kentucky
Status
Open to railroad traffic
History
Built 1929
Design
Cantilevered through truss
Approximate latitude, longitude
+39.09151, -84.51964   (decimal degrees)
39°05'29" N, 84°31'11" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
16/714515/4329860 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map
Covington
Inventory number
BH 27603 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Built 1929 (670)
Built during 1920s (7,033)
CSX Railroad (581)
Cantilevered (242)
Cantilevered truss (222)
Chesapeake & Ohio Railway (32)
Cincinnati, Ohio (17)
HAER documented (782)
Hamilton County, Ohio (54)
Have street view (9,908)
 Kenton County, Kentucky (27)
Kentucky (671)
Ohio (2,197)
Ohio River (95)
Open (28,319)
Owned by railroad (4,052)
Railroad (4,083)
State line crossing (514)
Through truss (9,211)
Truss (23,575)

Update Log 

  • April 15, 2012: Updated by Luke Harden: Added category "CSX Railroad"
  • April 15, 2010: New Street View added by J.P.
  • January 10, 2010: Updated by Bill Eichelberger: Added GPS coodinates
  • November 21, 2005: Posted photo from Jonathan Maxwell

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C&O Railroad Bridge
Posted September 13, 2007, by Anonymous

The Clay Wade Baily(road) Bridge is parallel or attached to the east side of this railroad bridge. It is a regular cantaleiver like the Brent Spence and is three lanes controlled by lane signals. It was built ca1975 to replace an earlier bridge.