List of crossings of the Ohio River

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This is a complete list of current bridges and other crossings of the Ohio River from the Mississippi River at Cairo, Illinois upstream to the split into the Allegheny and Monongahela Rivers at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

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[edit] Crossings

Crossing Carries Location Coordinates

[edit] Kentucky - Illinois

Cairo Ohio River Bridge US 51 / US 60 / US 62 Cairo, Illinois and Wickliffe, Kentucky 36°59′39″N 89°08′45″W / 36.99417°N 89.14583°W / 36.99417; -89.14583
Cairo Rail Bridge Canadian National Railway Cairo, Illinois and Wickliffe, Kentucky 37°01′23″N 89°10′32″W / 37.02306°N 89.17556°W / 37.02306; -89.17556
Lock and Dam No. 53 Chestnut Hills Nature Preserve, Illinois and Monkey's Eyebrow, Kentucky
Metropolis Bridge Canadian National Railway Metropolis, Illinois and High Point, Kentucky 37°08′42″N 88°44′31″W / 37.145°N 88.74194°W / 37.145; -88.74194
Interstate 24 Bridge I-24 Metropolis, Illinois and Paducah, Kentucky 37°08′00″N 88°41′13″W / 37.1333333°N 88.68694°W / 37.1333333; -88.68694
Lock and Dam No. 52 Brookport, Illinois and Paducah, Kentucky
Irvin S. Cobb Bridge US 45 Brookport, Illinois and Paducah, Kentucky 37°06′50″N 88°37′45″W / 37.11389°N 88.62917°W / 37.11389; -88.62917
Smithland Locks and Dam Hamletsburg, Illinois and Smithland, Kentucky 37°10′03″N 88°25′32″W / 37.167394°N 88.425519°W / 37.167394; -88.425519 (Smithland Locks and Dam)
Lock and Dam No. 51 Golconda, Illinois and Joy, Kentucky
Elizabethtown Ferry KY 297 Elizabethtown, Illinois and Erma, Kentucky
Cave-in-Rock Ferry Elongated circle 91.svgIllinois 1.svg KY 91/IL 1 Cave-in-Rock, Illinois and Ferry Shore, Kentucky
Lock and Dam No. 50 Cave-in-Rock, Illinois and Ferry Shore, Kentucky
Shawneetown Bridge Elongated circle 56.svgIllinois 13.svg KY 56/IL 13 Old Shawneetown, Illinois and Spring Grove, Kentucky 37°41′28″N 88°07′53″W / 37.69111°N 88.13139°W / 37.69111; -88.13139 (Shawneetown Bridge)

[edit] Kentucky - Indiana

Uniontown Locks and Dam Point Township, Indiana and Uniontown, Kentucky 37°47′34″N 87°59′30″W / 37.79276°N 87.99158°W / 37.79276; -87.99158 (Uniontown Locks and Dam)
Uniontown Ferry Point Township, Indiana and Uniontown, Kentucky
Henderson Bridge CSX Transportation Union Township, Indiana and Henderson, Kentucky 37°50′45″N 87°35′47″W / 37.84583°N 87.59639°W / 37.84583; -87.59639
Bi-State Vietnam Gold Star Bridges US 41 Evansville, Indiana and Henderson, Kentucky 37°54′19″N 87°33′02″W / 37.90528°N 87.55056°W / 37.90528; -87.55056
Newburgh Locks and Dam Newburgh, Indiana and Green River State Wildlife Area, Kentucky
Glover Cary Bridge Elongated circle 2155.svgIndiana 161.svg KY 2155/IN 161 Ohio Township, Indiana and Owensboro, Kentucky 37°46′45″N 87°06′33″W / 37.77917°N 87.10917°W / 37.77917; -87.10917
William H. Natcher Bridge US 231 Ohio Township, Indiana and Maceo, Kentucky 37°54′03″N 87°02′01″W / 37.90083°N 87.03361°W / 37.90083; -87.03361
Bob Cummings - Lincoln Trail Bridge Elongated circle 69.svgIndiana 237.svg KY 69/IN 237 Cannelton, Kentucky and Hawesville, Kentucky 37°54′12″N 86°44′39″W / 37.90333°N 86.74417°W / 37.90333; -86.74417
Cannelton Locks and Dam Troy Township, Indiana and Skillman, Kentucky
Matthew E. Welsh Bridge Elongated circle 79.svgIndiana 135.svg KY 79/IN 135 Mauckport, Indiana and Brandenburg, Kentucky 38°01′02″N 86°11′49″W / 38.01722°N 86.19694°W / 38.01722; -86.19694
Sherman Minton Bridge I-64 / US 150 New Albany, Indiana and Louisville, Kentucky 38°16′44″N 85°49′21″W / 38.27889°N 85.8225°W / 38.27889; -85.8225
Kentucky & Indiana Terminal Bridge Norfolk Southern Railway New Albany, Indiana and Louisville, Kentucky 38°16′57″N 85°48′05″W / 38.2825°N 85.80139°W / 38.2825; -85.80139
McAlpine Locks and Dam New Albany, Indiana and Louisville, Kentucky (Falls of the Ohio) 38°16′41″N 85°47′25″W / 38.278087°N 85.790408°W / 38.278087; -85.790408 (McAlpine Locks and Dam)
Fourteenth Street Bridge Louisville and Indiana Railroad
Indiana Rail Road
Clarksville, Indiana and Louisville, Kentucky 38°16′05″N 85°45′59″W / 38.26806°N 85.76639°W / 38.26806; -85.76639
George Rogers Clark Memorial Bridge US 31 Clarksville, Indiana and Louisville, Kentucky 38°15′49″N 85°45′06″W / 38.26361°N 85.75167°W / 38.26361; -85.75167
John F. Kennedy Memorial Bridge I-65 Jeffersonville, Indiana and Louisville, Kentucky 38°15′52″N 85°44′37″W / 38.26444°N 85.74361°W / 38.26444; -85.74361
Big Four Bridge (abandoned) former Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway line Jeffersonville, Indiana and Louisville, Kentucky 38°15′58″N 85°44′22″W / 38.26611°N 85.73944°W / 38.26611; -85.73944
East End Bridge (construction to begin in 2010) I-265 Utica Township, Indiana and Louisville, Kentucky 38°20′36″N 85°38′34″W / 38.34333°N 85.64278°W / 38.34333; -85.64278
Milton-Madison Bridge US 421 Madison, Indiana and Milton, Kentucky 38°43′47″N 85°22′12″W / 38.72972°N 85.37°W / 38.72972; -85.37
Markland Dam Bridge over the Markland Locks and Dam Elongated circle 1188.svgIndiana 101.svg KY 1188/IN 101 York Township, Indiana and Etheridge, Kentucky 38°46′36″N 84°57′52″W / 38.77667°N 84.96444°W / 38.77667; -84.96444
Aurora-Petersburg Ferry Aurora, Indiana and Petersburg, Kentucky
Caroll C. Cropper Bridge I-275 Lawrenceburg Township, Indiana and West Petersburg, Kentucky 39°06′12″N 84°49′31″W / 39.10333°N 84.82528°W / 39.10333; -84.82528

[edit] Kentucky - Ohio

Anderson Ferry Delhi Township, Ohio and Villa Hills, Kentucky 39°04′26″N 84°37′30″W / 39.07389°N 84.625°W / 39.07389; -84.625
Cincinnati Southern Bridge Norfolk Southern Railway Cincinnati, Ohio and Ludlow, Kentucky 39°05′54″N 84°32′31″W / 39.09833°N 84.54194°W / 39.09833; -84.54194
Brent Spence Bridge I-71 / I-75 Cincinnati, Ohio and Covington, Kentucky 39°05′29″N 84°31′21″W / 39.09139°N 84.5225°W / 39.09139; -84.5225
C&O Railroad Bridge CSX Transportation Cincinnati Terminal Subdivision Cincinnati, Ohio and Covington, Kentucky 39°05′29″N 84°31′10″W / 39.09139°N 84.51944°W / 39.09139; -84.51944
Clay Wade Bailey Bridge US 25 / US 42 / US 127 Cincinnati, Ohio and Covington, Kentucky 39°05′28″N 84°31′09″W / 39.09111°N 84.51917°W / 39.09111; -84.51917
John A. Roebling Suspension Bridge KY 17 Cincinnati, Ohio and Covington, Kentucky 39°05′34″N 84°30′36″W / 39.09278°N 84.51°W / 39.09278; -84.51
Taylor-Southgate Bridge US 27 Cincinnati, Ohio and Newport, Kentucky 39°05′46″N 84°30′05″W / 39.09611°N 84.50139°W / 39.09611; -84.50139
Newport Southbank Bridge
(Popularly known as the Purple People Bridge)
Pedestrian Cincinnati, Ohio and Newport, Kentucky 39°05′53″N 84°29′52″W / 39.09806°N 84.49778°W / 39.09806; -84.49778
Daniel Carter Beard Bridge I-471 Cincinnati, Ohio and Newport, Kentucky 39°06′01″N 84°29′41″W / 39.10028°N 84.49472°W / 39.10028; -84.49472
Combs-Hehl Bridge I-275 Cincinnati, Ohio and Highland Heights, Kentucky 39°03′24″N 84°25′53″W / 39.05667°N 84.43139°W / 39.05667; -84.43139
Captain Anthony Meldahl Locks and Dam Washington Township, Ohio and Willow Grove, Kentucky 38°47′35″N 84°10′18″W / 38.79306°N 84.17167°W / 38.79306; -84.17167
Boudes Ferry Lewis Township, Ohio and Augusta, Kentucky 38°46′50″N 84°0′39″W / 38.78056°N 84.01083°W / 38.78056; -84.01083
William H. Harsha Bridge US 62 / US 68 Aberdeen, Ohio and Maysville, Kentucky 38°41′04″N 83°46′56″W / 38.68444°N 83.78222°W / 38.68444; -83.78222
Simon Kenton Memorial Bridge
US 62 Bus. / US 68 Bus.
Aberdeen, Ohio and Maysville, Kentucky 38°39′00″N 83°45′35″W / 38.65°N 83.75972°W / 38.65; -83.75972
Carl Perkins Bridge Truck plate.svg
US 23.svg Truck US 23
Portsmouth, Ohio and South Portsmouth, Kentucky 38°43′38″N 83°01′03″W / 38.72722°N 83.0175°W / 38.72722; -83.0175
U.S. Grant Bridge US 23 Portsmouth, Ohio and South Shore, Kentucky 38°43′39″N 82°59′49″W / 38.7275°N 82.99694°W / 38.7275; -82.99694
Sciotoville Bridge CSX Transportation Portsmouth, Ohio and South Shore, Kentucky 38°45′09″N 82°53′07″W / 38.7525°N 82.88528°W / 38.7525; -82.88528
Jesse Stuart Memorial Bridge over the Greenup Locks and Dam OH-253.svg OH 253 Green Township, Ohio Lloyd, Kentucky 38°38′48″N 82°51′30″W / 38.64667°N 82.85833°W / 38.64667; -82.85833
Ironton-Russell Bridge Ironton, Ohio and Russell, Kentucky 38°31′54″N 82°41′21″W / 38.53167°N 82.68917°W / 38.53167; -82.68917
Ben Williamson Memorial Bridge US 60.svg US 60 South Coal Grove, Ohio and Ashland, Kentucky 38°29′05″N 82°38′26″W / 38.48472°N 82.64056°W / 38.48472; -82.64056
Simeon Willis Memorial Bridge US 60.svg US 60 North Coal Grove, Ohio and Ashland, Kentucky 38°29′02″N 82°38′25″W / 38.48389°N 82.64028°W / 38.48389; -82.64028

[edit] West Virginia - Ohio

Norfolk Southern Bridge Norfolk Southern Railway South Point, Ohio and Kenova, West Virginia 38°24′19″N 82°34′24″W / 38.40528°N 82.57333°W / 38.40528; -82.57333
Nick Joe Rahall II Bridge US 52.svg US 52 Union Township, Ohio and Huntington, West Virginia 38°24′47″N 82°29′11″W / 38.41306°N 82.48639°W / 38.41306; -82.48639
Robert C. Byrd Bridge OH-527.svgWV-527.svg OH 527/WV 527 Chesapeake, Ohio and Huntington, West Virginia 38°25′28″N 82°27′05″W / 38.42444°N 82.45139°W / 38.42444; -82.45139
Frank Gatski Memorial Bridge WV-106.svgOH-775.svg WV 106/OH 775 Proctorville, Ohio and Huntington, West Virginia 38°26′01″N 82°23′23″W / 38.43361°N 82.38972°W / 38.43361; -82.38972
Robert C. Byrd Locks and Dam Clay Township, Ohio and Hogsett, West Virginia 38°40′54″N 82°11′04″W / 38.68167°N 82.18444°W / 38.68167; -82.18444
Silver Memorial Bridge US 35.svg US 35 Addison Township, Ohio and Henderson, West Virginia 38°50′04″N 82°08′51″W / 38.83444°N 82.1475°W / 38.83444; -82.1475
Point Pleasant Rail Bridge Norfolk Southern Railway Addison Township, Ohio and Point Pleasant, West Virginia 38°50′46″N 82°08′29″W / 38.84611°N 82.14139°W / 38.84611; -82.14139
Pomeroy-Mason Bridge Spur plate.svgNo image wide.svg
WV-62.svgOH-833.svg WV 62 Spur/OH 833
Middleport, Ohio and Mason, West Virginia 39°00′48″N 82°02′29″W / 39.01333°N 82.04139°W / 39.01333; -82.04139 (Pomeroy-Mason Bridge)
Racine Locks and Dam Letart Township, Ohio and Letart, West Virginia
Ravenswood Bridge US 33.svg US 33 Lebanon Township, Ohio and Ravenswood, West Virginia
Belleville Locks and Dam Olive Township, Ohio and Belleville, West Virginia
Blennerhassett Island Bridge US 50.svg US 50 Belpre, Ohio and Lubeck, West Virginia 39°16′36″N 81°38′49″W / 39.27667°N 81.64694°W / 39.27667; -81.64694
Parkersburg-Belpre Bridge OH-32.svgWV-618.svg OH 32/WV 618 Belpre, Ohio and Parkersburg, West Virginia
Parkersburg CSX Bridge CSX Transportation Marietta Subdivision Belpre, Ohio and Parkersburg, West Virginia
Memorial Bridge Belpre, Ohio and Parkersburg, West Virginia 39°17′00″N 81°33′47″W / 39.2833333°N 81.56306°W / 39.2833333; -81.56306
Williamstown Bridge WV 14 / WV 31 Marietta, Ohio and Williamstown, West Virginia 39°24′30″N 81°26′52″W / 39.40833°N 81.44778°W / 39.40833; -81.44778
Marietta-Williamstown Interstate Bridge I-77.svg I-77 Marietta, Ohio and Williamstown, West Virginia 39°24′11″N 81°25′52″W / 39.40306°N 81.43111°W / 39.40306; -81.43111
Willow Island Locks and Dam Newport Township, Ohio and Willow Island, West Virginia
Hi Carpenter Memorial Bridge OH-807.svgWV-807.svg OH 807 / WV 807 Newport Township, Ohio and St. Marys, West Virginia 39°23′16″N 81°12′51″W / 39.38778°N 81.21417°W / 39.38778; -81.21417
Sistersville Ferry Jackson Township, Ohio and Sistersville, West Virginia
New Martinsville Bridge WV-7.svgOH-536.svg WV 7 / OH 536 Ohio Township, Ohio and New Martinsville, West Virginia 39°39′33″N 80°51′48″W / 39.65917°N 80.86333°W / 39.65917; -80.86333
Hannibal Locks and Dam Ohio Township, Ohio and New Martinsville, West Virginia
Moundsville Bridge Spur plate.svgNo image wide.svg
WV-2.svgOH-872.svg WV 2 Spur/OH 872[1]
Mead Township, Ohio and Moundsville, West Virginia 39°54′48″N 80°45′15″W / 39.91333°N 80.75417°W / 39.91333; -80.75417
B & O Railroad Viaduct CSX Baltimore and Ohio Railroad line Bellaire, Ohio and Benwood, West Virginia
Bellaire Bridge (abandoned) Bellaire, Ohio and Benwood, West Virginia
Vietnam Veterans Memorial Bridge I-470.svg Interstate 470 Brookside, Ohio and Wheeling, West Virginia
Wheeling Suspension Bridge (crosses main channel only) WV 251 Wheeling Island and Wheeling, West Virginia 40°04′13″N 80°43′38″W / 40.07028°N 80.72722°W / 40.07028; -80.72722 ("Wheeling Suspension Bridge)
Fort Henry Bridge I-70 / US 40 / US 250 Bridgeport, Ohio, Wheeling Island and Wheeling, West Virginia 40°04′19″N 80°43′39″W / 40.07194°N 80.7275°W / 40.07194; -80.7275 (Fort Henry Bridge)
Military Order of the Purple Heart Bridge (crosses back channel only) US 40 / US 250 Bridgeport, Ohio and Wheeling Island, West Virginia
Bridgeport Bridge (pending demolition) (crosses back channel only) Bridgeport, Ohio and Wheeling Island, West Virginia
Aetnaville Bridge (crosses back channel only) Pedestrian Martin's Ferry, Ohio and Wheeling Island, West Virginia
Pike Island Locks and Dam Yorkville, Ohio and Clearview, West Virginia
Wabash Bridge CSX Pittsburgh and West Virginia Railway line Mingo Junction, Ohio and Follansbee, West Virginia
Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel Railroad Bridge Wheeling and Lake Erie Railway Steubenville, Ohio and Coketown, West Virginia
Market Street Bridge Spur plate.svg
WV 2 Spur
Steubenville, Ohio and East Steubenville, West Virginia
Steubenville Railroad Bridge Norkfolk Southern Railway Steubenville, Ohio and Weirton, West Virginia
Veterans Memorial Bridge US 22.svg US 22 Steubenville, Ohio and Weirton, West Virginia
Fort Steuben Bridge SR 822 Steubenville, Ohio and Weirton, West Virginia
New Cumberland Locks and Dam Knox Township, Ohio and New Cumberland, West Virginia
Newell Bridge East Liverpool, Ohio and Newell, West Virginia
WL&E East Liverpool Bridge (abandoned) former Wheeling and Lake Erie Railway line East Liverpool, Ohio and Chester, West Virginia
Jennings Randolph Bridge US 30.svg US 30 East Liverpool, Ohio and Chester, West Virginia

[edit] Pennsylvania

Shippingport Bridge PA-168.svg PA 168 Shippingport and Midland 40°37′37″N 80°25′56″W / 40.62694°N 80.43222°W / 40.62694; -80.43222
Montgomery Locks and Dam Shippingport and Industry
Vanport Bridge I-376.svg Interstate 376 Potter Township and Vanport Township 40°40′45″N 80°19′53″W / 40.67917°N 80.33139°W / 40.67917; -80.33139
Beaver Bridge CSX Transportation Pittsburgh Subdivision Monaca and Beaver 40°41′35″N 80°17′27″W / 40.69306°N 80.29083°W / 40.69306; -80.29083
Rochester-Monaca Bridge PA-18.svg PA 18 Monaca and Rochester 40°41′47″N 80°16′57″W / 40.69639°N 80.2825°W / 40.69639; -80.2825
Monaca-East Rochester Bridge PA-51.svg PA 51 Monaca and East Rochester 40°41′32″N 80°16′02″W / 40.69222°N 80.26722°W / 40.69222; -80.26722
Ambridge-Aliquippa Bridge Aliquippa and Ambridge 40°35′32″N 80°14′11″W / 40.59222°N 80.23639°W / 40.59222; -80.23639
Dashields Locks and Dam Moon Township and Edgeworth
Sewickley Bridge
Orange Belt
Moon Township and Sewickley 40°31′59″N 80°11′15″W / 40.53306°N 80.1875°W / 40.53306; -80.1875
Coraopolis Bridge (crosses back channel only) Yellow Belt Coraopolis and Neville Township 40°30′58″N 80°09′07″W / 40.51611°N 80.15194°W / 40.51611; -80.15194
Neville Island Bridge I-79.svg Interstate 79 Robinson Township, Neville Township & Glenfield 40°30′56″N 80°08′03″W / 40.51556°N 80.13417°W / 40.51556; -80.13417
Emsworth Locks and Dam Emsworth and Neville Township
Fleming Park Bridge (crosses back channel only) Pittsburgh and Ohio Central Railroad Stowe Township and Neville Township 40°29′28″N 80°04′48″W / 40.49111°N 80.08°W / 40.49111; -80.08
McKees Rocks Bridge PA QR 3104.svgSR 3104 / Blue Belt McKees Rocks and Pittsburgh 40°28′38″N 80°02′54″W / 40.47722°N 80.04833°W / 40.47722; -80.04833
Ohio Connecting Railroad Bridge Norfolk Southern Railway Fort Wayne Line Pittsburgh 40°27′46″N 80°02′35″W / 40.46278°N 80.04306°W / 40.46278; -80.04306
West End Bridge US 19.svg U.S. Route 19 Pittsburgh 40°26′46″N 80°01′37″W / 40.44611°N 80.02694°W / 40.44611; -80.02694
Headwaters of the Ohio River Pittsburgh 40°26′31″N 80°00′50″W / 40.44194°N 80.01389°W / 40.44194; -80.01389

[edit] References

  1. ^ West Virginia Department of Transportation: General Highway Map, Marshall County West Virginia, January 2004.

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