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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 mouth at the Mississippi River at Cairo, Illinois to the confluence of the Allegheny and Monongahela Rivers at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Illinois–Kentucky

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Image Crossing Carries Location Opened Coordinates
Cairo Ohio River Bridge US 51 / US 60 / US 62 Cairo and Wickliffe 1937 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 and Wickliffe 1889,1952 37°01′23″N 89°10′32″W / 37.02306°N 89.17556°W / 37.02306; -89.17556
Olmsted Locks and Dam Pulaski County, Illinois and Ballard County, Kentucky 2018 37°11′01″N 89°03′50″W / 37.18361°N 89.06389°W / 37.18361; -89.06389
Lock and Dam Number 53 Chestnut Hills Nature Preserve and Monkey's Eyebrow 1929
demolished 2020
Metropolis Bridge Canadian National Railway (Illinois Central Railroad) Metropolis and West Paducah 1917 37°08′42″N 88°44′31″W / 37.14500°N 88.74194°W / 37.14500; -88.74194
Interstate 24 Bridge I-24 Metropolis and Paducah 1973 37°08′00″N 88°41′13″W / 37.13333°N 88.68694°W / 37.13333; -88.68694
Lock and Dam Number 52 Brookport and Paducah 1929
demolished 2020
Brookport Bridge US 45 Brookport and Paducah 1929 37°06′50″N 88°37′45″W / 37.11389°N 88.62917°W / 37.11389; -88.62917
Smithland Locks and Dam Hamletsburg and Smithland 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 and Joy
Elizabethtown Ferry KY 297 Elizabethtown and Tolu
Cave-in-Rock Ferry IL 1 / KY 91 Cave-in-Rock and Ferry Shore
Lock and Dam No. 50 Cave-in-Rock and Ferry Shore
Shawneetown Bridge IL 13 / KY 56 Old Shawneetown and Spring Grove 1955 37°41′28″N 88°07′53″W / 37.69111°N 88.13139°W / 37.69111; -88.13139 (Shawneetown Bridge)

Indiana–Kentucky

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Image Crossing Carries Location Opened Coordinates
John T. Myers Locks and Dam Point Township and Uniontown 1977 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 and Uniontown
Henderson Bridge (Ohio River) CSX Transportation Union Township and Henderson 1932 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 and Henderson

(crosses the river entirely within the state of Kentucky at this point)

1932, 1965 37°54′19″N 87°33′02″W / 37.90528°N 87.55056°W / 37.90528; -87.55056
Proposed Interstate 69 Bridge I-69 Evansville and Henderson N/A 37°54′19″N 87°30′00″W / 37.90528°N 87.50000°W / 37.90528; -87.50000
Newburgh Lock and Dam Newburgh and Green River State Wildlife Area 1975 37°55′46″N 87°22′24″W / 37.9294°N 87.3734°W / 37.9294; -87.3734 (Newburgh Lock and Dam)
Owensboro Bridge SR 161 / KY 2262 Ohio Township and Owensboro 1940 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 and Maceo 2002 37°54′03″N 87°02′01″W / 37.90083°N 87.03361°W / 37.90083; -87.03361
Lincoln Trail Bridge SR 237 / KY 69 Cannelton and Hawesville 1966 37°54′12″N 86°44′39″W / 37.90333°N 86.74417°W / 37.90333; -86.74417
Cannelton Locks and Dam Ohio River Troy Township and Skillman 1966
Matthew E. Welsh Bridge SR 135 / KY 313 Mauckport and Brandenburg 1966 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 and Louisville 1962 38°16′44″N 85°49′21″W / 38.27889°N 85.82250°W / 38.27889; -85.82250
Kentucky & Indiana Terminal Bridge Norfolk Southern Railway New Albany and Louisville 1912 38°16′57″N 85°48′05″W / 38.28250°N 85.80139°W / 38.28250; -85.80139
McAlpine Locks and Dam (Only to Shippingport Island, not all the way across river) New Albany and Louisville

(Falls of the Ohio)

1830 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 Clarksville and Louisville 1868, 1919 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 (Pedestrian and automobile traffic) Jeffersonville and Louisville 1929 38°15′49″N 85°45′06″W / 38.26361°N 85.75167°W / 38.26361; -85.75167
Spirit of Jefferson Ferry Temporary ferry service due to closure of Sherman Minton Bridge; no longer used after the bridge reopened in February 2012. Jeffersonville and Louisville
John F. Kennedy Memorial Bridge I-65 (southbound traffic) Jeffersonville and Louisville 1963 38°15′52″N 85°44′37″W / 38.26444°N 85.74361°W / 38.26444; -85.74361
Abraham Lincoln Bridge I-65 (northbound traffic) Jeffersonville and Louisville 2015 38°15′52″N 85°44′36″W / 38.26444°N 85.74333°W / 38.26444; -85.74333
Big Four Bridge Pedestrian (Former Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway line) Jeffersonville and Louisville 1895, 1929 38°15′58″N 85°44′22″W / 38.26611°N 85.73944°W / 38.26611; -85.73944
Lewis and Clark Bridge I-265 / KY 841 Utica Township and Louisville 2016 38°20′36″N 85°38′34″W / 38.34333°N 85.64278°W / 38.34333; -85.64278
Milton–Madison Bridge US 421 Madison and Milton 1929, 2014 38°43′47″N 85°22′12″W / 38.72972°N 85.37000°W / 38.72972; -85.37000
Markland Dam Bridge SR 101 / KY 1039 York Township and Warsaw 1964 38°46′36″N 84°57′52″W / 38.77667°N 84.96444°W / 38.77667; -84.96444
Rising Sun Ferry Rising Sun and Rabbit Hash 2018 38°57′29″N 84°50′14″W / 38.95806°N 84.83722°W / 38.95806; -84.83722
Aurora–Petersburg Ferry - closed in 1978 Aurora and Petersburg
Carroll Lee Cropper Bridge I-275 Lawrenceburg Township and West Petersburg 1977 39°06′12″N 84°49′31″W / 39.10333°N 84.82528°W / 39.10333; -84.82528

Ohio–Kentucky

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Image Crossing Carries Location Opened Coordinates
Anderson Ferry Delhi Township and Constance 39°04′26″N 84°37′30″W / 39.07389°N 84.62500°W / 39.07389; -84.62500
Cincinnati Southern Bridge Norfolk Southern Railway Cincinnati and Ludlow 1877, 1922 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 and Covington 1963 39°05′29″N 84°31′21″W / 39.09139°N 84.52250°W / 39.09139; -84.52250
C&O Railroad Bridge CSX Transportation Cincinnati Terminal Cincinnati and Covington 1929 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 and Covington 1899, 1974 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 and Covington 1867 39°05′34″N 84°30′36″W / 39.09278°N 84.51000°W / 39.09278; -84.51000
Taylor–Southgate Bridge US 27 Cincinnati and Newport 1995 39°05′46″N 84°30′05″W / 39.09611°N 84.50139°W / 39.09611; -84.50139
Newport Southbank Bridge (Purple People Bridge) Pedestrian Cincinnati and Newport 1872, 1897 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 and Newport 1976 39°06′01″N 84°29′41″W / 39.10028°N 84.49472°W / 39.10028; -84.49472
Combs–Hehl Bridge I-275 Cincinnati and Highland Heights 1979 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 and Willow Grove 1964 38°47′35″N 84°10′18″W / 38.79306°N 84.17167°W / 38.79306; -84.17167
Augusta Ferry Lewis Township and Augusta 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 and Maysville 2000 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 and Maysville 1931 38°39′00″N 83°45′35″W / 38.65000°N 83.75972°W / 38.65000; -83.75972
Carl Perkins Bridge
US 23 Truck / KY 8S / SR 852
Portsmouth and South Portsmouth 1988 38°43′38″N 83°01′03″W / 38.72722°N 83.01750°W / 38.72722; -83.01750
U.S. Grant Bridge US 23 Portsmouth and South Shore 2006 38°43′39″N 82°59′49″W / 38.72750°N 82.99694°W / 38.72750; -82.99694
Sciotoville Bridge CSX Transportation Sciotoville and Siloam (junction in) South Shore 1916 38°45′09″N 82°53′07″W / 38.75250°N 82.88528°W / 38.75250; -82.88528
Jesse Stuart Memorial Bridge over the Greenup Lock and Dam SR 253 Green Township, and Lloyd 1984 38°38′48″N 82°51′30″W / 38.64667°N 82.85833°W / 38.64667; -82.85833
Oakley C. Collins Memorial Bridge (New Ironton-Russell Bridge) Ironton and Russell 2016 38°31′32″N 82°41′07″W / 38.52556°N 82.68528°W / 38.52556; -82.68528
Ben Williamson Memorial Bridge SR 652 South Coal Grove and Ashland 1932 38°29′05″N 82°38′26″W / 38.48472°N 82.64056°W / 38.48472; -82.64056
Simeon Willis Memorial Bridge SR 652 North Coal Grove and Ashland 1985 38°29′02″N 82°38′25″W / 38.48389°N 82.64028°W / 38.48389; -82.64028

Ohio–West Virginia

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Image Crossing Carries Location Opened Coordinates
Norfolk Southern Bridge Norfolk Southern Railway South Point and Kenova 1913 38°24′19″N 82°34′24″W / 38.40528°N 82.57333°W / 38.40528; -82.57333
West Huntington Bridge US 52 Union Township and Huntington 1970 38°24′47″N 82°29′11″W / 38.41306°N 82.48639°W / 38.41306; -82.48639
Robert C. Byrd Bridge SR 527 / WV 527 Chesapeake and Huntington 1994 38°25′28″N 82°27′05″W / 38.42444°N 82.45139°W / 38.42444; -82.45139
Frank Gatski Memorial Bridge SR 775 / WV 106 Proctorville and Huntington 1985 38°26′01″N 82°23′23″W / 38.43361°N 82.38972°W / 38.43361; -82.38972
Robert C. Byrd Lock and Dam Clay Township and Gallipolis Ferry 1937 38°40′54″N 82°11′04″W / 38.68167°N 82.18444°W / 38.68167; -82.18444
Silver Memorial Bridge US 35 Addison Township and Henderson 1969 38°50′04″N 82°08′51″W / 38.83444°N 82.14750°W / 38.83444; -82.14750
Point Pleasant Rail Bridge Norfolk Southern Railway Addison Township and Point Pleasant 1885, 1919 38°50′46″N 82°08′29″W / 38.84611°N 82.14139°W / 38.84611; -82.14139
Pomeroy–Mason Bridge
WV 62 Spur / SR 833
Pomeroy and Mason 2008 39°00′48″N 82°02′29″W / 39.01333°N 82.04139°W / 39.01333; -82.04139 (Pomeroy-Mason Bridge)
Racine Lock and Dam Letart Township and Letart 1971
Ravenswood Bridge US 33 Lebanon Township and Ravenswood 1981
Belleville Lock and Dam Olive Township and Belleville 1968
Blennerhassett Island Bridge US 50 Belpre and Lubeck 2008 39°16′36″N 81°38′49″W / 39.27667°N 81.64694°W / 39.27667; -81.64694
Parkersburg–Belpre Bridge SR 32 / WV 618 Belpre and Parkersburg 1980
Parkersburg CSX Bridge CSX Transportation Marietta Subdivision Belpre and Parkersburg 1871, 1905
Memorial Bridge Belpre and Parkersburg 1954 39°17′00″N 81°33′47″W / 39.28333°N 81.56306°W / 39.28333; -81.56306
Williamstown Bridge SR 60 / WV 31 Marietta and Williamstown 1992 39°24′30″N 81°26′52″W / 39.40833°N 81.44778°W / 39.40833; -81.44778
Marietta–Williamstown Interstate Bridge I-77 Marietta and Williamstown 1967 39°24′11″N 81°25′52″W / 39.40306°N 81.43111°W / 39.40306; -81.43111
Willow Island Lock and Dam Newport Township and Eureka Island 1976
Hi Carpenter Memorial Bridge SR 807 / WV 807 Newport Township and St. Marys 1973 39°23′16″N 81°12′51″W / 39.38778°N 81.21417°W / 39.38778; -81.21417
Sistersville Ferry Jackson Township and Sistersville
New Martinsville Bridge SR 536 / WV 7 Ohio Township and New Martinsville 1961 39°39′33″N 80°51′48″W / 39.65917°N 80.86333°W / 39.65917; -80.86333
Hannibal Locks and Dam Ohio Township and New Martinsville 1975
Moundsville Bridge
WV 2 Spur / SR 872 [1]
Mead Township and Moundsville 1986 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 and Benwood 1870
Bellaire Bridge (Closed, Demolition planned) Bellaire and Benwood 1926
(closed 1991)
Vietnam Veterans Memorial Bridge I-470 Brookside and Wheeling 1985
Wheeling Suspension Bridge (crosses main channel only) WV 251 Wheeling Island (WV) and Wheeling (crosses the main channel entirely within the state of West Virginia) 1849 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, Wheeling Island and Wheeling 1955 40°04′19″N 80°43′39″W / 40.07194°N 80.72750°W / 40.07194; -80.72750 (Fort Henry Bridge)
Military Order of the Purple Heart Bridge (crosses back channel only) US 40 / US 250 Bridgeport and Wheeling Island 1998
Aetnaville Bridge (crosses back channel only) Pedestrian Martin's Ferry and Wheeling Island 1891
(closed 1988)
Pike Island Locks and Dam Yorkville and Clearview 1963
Wellsburg Bridge Wellsburg and Brilliant 2023 40°15′22″N 80°38′12″W / 40.25611°N 80.63667°W / 40.25611; -80.63667
Wabash Bridge CSX Pittsburgh and West Virginia Railway line Mingo Junction and Follansbee 1904
Wheeling–Pittsburgh Steel Railroad Bridge Wheeling and Lake Erie Railway Steubenville and Coketown 1917
Market Street Bridge
WV 2 Spur
Steubenville and East Steubenville 1905
Steubenville Railroad Bridge Norfolk Southern Railway Steubenville and Weirton
Veterans Memorial Bridge US 22 Steubenville and Weirton 1990
Fort Steuben Bridge SR 822 Steubenville and Weirton 1928
(demolished 2012)
40°22′47″N 80°36′48″W / 40.379824°N 80.613289°W / 40.379824; -80.613289 (Fort Steuben Bridge)
New Cumberland Locks and Dam Knox Township and New Cumberland 1961
Wayne Six Toll Bridge East Liverpool and Newell 1905
Chester Bridge East Liverpool and Chester 1897
(demolished 1970)
East Liverpool Railroad Bridge (abandoned) Former Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad line East Liverpool and Chester 1897
(demolished 1969)
Jennings Randolph Bridge US 30 East Liverpool and Chester 1977

Pennsylvania

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Image Crossing Carries Location Opened Coordinates
Shippingport Bridge PA 168 Shippingport and Midland 1964 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 1936
Vanport Bridge I-376 Potter Township and Vanport Township 1968 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 1910 40°41′35″N 80°17′27″W / 40.69306°N 80.29083°W / 40.69306; -80.29083
Rochester–Monaca Bridge PA 18 Monaca and Rochester 1986 40°41′47″N 80°16′57″W / 40.69639°N 80.28250°W / 40.69639; -80.28250
Monaca–East Rochester Bridge PA 51 Monaca and East Rochester 1959 40°41′32″N 80°16′02″W / 40.69222°N 80.26722°W / 40.69222; -80.26722
Ambridge–Aliquippa Bridge Aliquippa and Ambridge 1926 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 1981 40°31′59″N 80°11′15″W / 40.53306°N 80.18750°W / 40.53306; -80.18750
Coraopolis Bridge (crosses back channel only) Yellow Belt Coraopolis and Neville Township 1995 40°30′58″N 80°09′07″W / 40.51611°N 80.15194°W / 40.51611; -80.15194
Neville Island Bridge I-79 Robinson Township, Neville Township, and Glenfield 1976 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 1938
PC&Y Railroad Bridge (crosses back channel only) Pittsburgh and Ohio Central Railroad Stowe Township and Neville Township 1894 40°29′31.16″N 80°04′55.28″W / 40.4919889°N 80.0820222°W / 40.4919889; -80.0820222
Fleming Park Bridge (crosses back channel only) Neville Rd, Fleming Park Rd; four lanes with divided sidewalk on upstream side Stowe Township and Neville Township 1955 40°29′28″N 80°04′48″W / 40.49111°N 80.08000°W / 40.49111; -80.08000
McKees Rocks Bridge SR 3104 / Blue Belt McKees Rocks and Pittsburgh 1931 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 1915 40°27′46″N 80°02′35″W / 40.46278°N 80.04306°W / 40.46278; -80.04306
West End Bridge US 19 Pittsburgh 1932 40°26′46″N 80°01′37″W / 40.44611°N 80.02694°W / 40.44611; -80.02694

The source of the Ohio River is at the confluence of the Allegheny River and the Monongahela River (40°26′31″N 80°00′50″W / 40.44194°N 80.01389°W / 40.44194; -80.01389) at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

See also

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References

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