i.e. Not the C & O; Not the Suspension
1829 bridge plan. Details.
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| Thomas Kennedy's Ferry, 1802 | Civil War troops crossing on the ferry Covington, c. 1862. note the Suspension Bridge Pier in the background |
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| Federal volunteers crossing the Ohio River from Cincinnati to Covington on a pontoon bridge of coal barges on September 5th, 1862. That’s a partially completed pier of the Suspension Bridge in the background. | |||
| A soldier, William Wiley whose duty was the bring wagons across this bridge had some thoughts on the mules the government had purchased for war duty. Read the excerpt from his diary. | |||
Wesley Cameron is the man that actually designed and built the pontoon bridge. In 48 hours.
And that November, you could buy the timbers
from the Behringer-Crawford's Facebook page
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| Brent Spence Bridge under construction, 1963 |
Brent Spence Bridge under construction |
Brent Spence Bridge under construction photo by Jack Klumpe, October 4, 1963 |
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| Brent Spence bridge construction. The orange paint is primer. The sailors in the center image are from a US Navy Reserve Center on W. 3rd that was replaced by a restaurant (the Conservatory) in the mid 1960's. From Facebook posts by Ann McMillan Howard |
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Covington Riverfront
From a Facebook post by
Jim Allen
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| Spence Bridge Construction |
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| From Facebook posts by John Siemer | From a Facebook post by Scott Jacobs | |
Spence Bridge, under construction
From the Kentucky side, July 1963
From a Facebook post by Ray Hadorn
Spence Bridge, under construction, from the Ohio side.
From a Facebook post by Vincent John Vassil
Spence Bridge Construction
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| Spence Bridge Approach Plans, 1955 | ||
There's Video of the Brent Spence Bridge construction.
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| The Brent Spence Bridge, 1964 |
This is Brent Spence, standing on the Brent Spence Bridge Photo by Jack Klempe. |
The original Ohio end of the Spence Bridge |
| The Spence bridge unofficially opened on November 25, 1963, and was formally dedicated on December 2. It was scheduled earlier, but delayed because of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy (for whom Spence argued the bridge should have been named). | ||
| The Spence Bridge opens. | The controversy over whether the bridge should be named after JFK. |
| The Spence Bridge construction was not without its problems. | Facts and figures from the opening of the new Spence Bridge |
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| Artists' conceptions of possible Spence Bridge replacement | |||
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| Design studies for the Spence Bridge replacement | |||
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19th Street Viaduct, new in the fall of 1931. More here. |
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Banklick Creek, Covington
The rivermen objected to the proposed Covington and Cincinnati Rapid Transit Bridge.
