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The Simon Kenton Bridge opened  on November 25, 1931	Birds eye view of Maysville,  from Kentucky side	Maysville-Aberdeen Bridge,  published by the De Nuzie Bookstore in Maysville

 

Aberdeen heads for Maysville,c. 1950's
From a Facebook post by the Augusta Kentucky Historic District

 

1978		Before the current locks and dams.

 

Simon Kenton Bridge, 1953	unknown year	Bridge Dedication (Governors of Ohio & Kentucky)

 

Simon Kenton Bridge	Simon Kenton Bridge	Simon Kenton Bridge, 1933

 

Maysville Aberdeen Bridge, 1934
from the US Army, Chief of Engineers

Maysville's Daily Independent, on November 25, 1931, the day the bridge opened, ran these stories:

Bridge Thrown Open	How the Bridge Was Built	Ferry Service History
Frank M. Masters	Merchants Decorate with Model Bridges

Cincinnati Enquirer's story on the opening of the bridge.

Wikipedia's page on the Simon Kenton Bridge is here.

The Simon Kenton Bridge was originally a toll bridge.  It cost 55 cents for an auto
up to 1943, when the fee went down to 40 cents.  Pedestrians were charged a nickel.
The bridge was “freed,” i.e., all tolls were removed, on January 1, 1946.

You can read a history of the bridge from their application to be on the National Register of Historical places in a pdf here.