An Overview of Cincinnati's Ohio River Bridges

Looking upriver

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Credit line: Photographs in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division.
Carol M. Highsmith's photographs are in the public domain.

• Not pictured: I-275 West Carrol Lee Cropper Bridge
• Not pictured: NS/CNO&TP/Sou/CS Bridge
• I-75+I-71 Brent Spence Bridge
• CSX/(C&O+L&N) Bridge next to the Clay Wade Bailey Bridge
• Roebling Bridge
• US-27 Taylor-Southgate Bridge
• Purple People Bridge (L&N until CSX moved the traffic to the C&O bridge.)
• I-471 Daniel Carter Beard Bridge
• Not pictured: I-275 East Combs-Hehl Bridge

Looking upriver starting with the CSX Bridge

Beauty of America posted

The Cincinnati And Northern Kentucky Riverfront.

Both sides of our Ohio riverfront are ridiculously awesome—use all four of our beautiful bridges to walk, run, scooter, ride or bike between Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky to experience all the exciting dining, shopping & attractions! Both sides also offer amazing views, although we might be a bit partial to the spectacular views of the Cincinnati skyline you get from the banks of the Ohio river here in Northern Kentucky! Check out the list of Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky riverfront attractions, museums, parks, and restaurants.

Lloyd Scott Hardin shared

 

Ikbal Hossain posted
Chinchinati, Ohio
[The comments contain two more photos with this view. It is a common flight pattern for airplanes.]

Looking downriver

3D Satellite

This post is what motivated me to look at the collection of bridges.

Screenshot from a time-lapse video of a tow going downriver with 53' on the gauge

The same day I saw this video of a tow at Cincinnati on a high river, I had seen a photo of a tow in a Byrd lock that showed the river was high. Someone had mentioned that the river at Cincinnati was 54' and rising so I captured the hydrology data.

Hydrology

Time-lapse video going downriver. Unfortunately, he didn't turn his phone to a landscape orientation.

We Work the Waterways posted eight photos with the comment:

Some really cool aerial shots of Greater Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky. The Ohio River and Licking River, the bridges, riverfront, and surrounding area are shown. 

As We Work the Waterways Director Errin Howard says “There’s no place like Home!” Well, Dorothy in “The Wizard of Oz” was the first to say it, but it’s still rings true today!

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