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The John A. Roebling Suspension Bridge spans the Ohio River between Cincinnati, Ohio and Covington, Kentucky. When the first pedestrians crossed on December 1, 1866, it was the longest suspension bridge in the world at 1,057 feet (322 m), a status it maintained until 1883. John A. Roebling Bridge, Covington-Cincinnati, 2004, by Rick Dikeman File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ...
John A. Roebling Bridge, Covington-Cincinnati, 2004, by Rick Dikeman File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ...
Downtown Covington has many wooded streets and historic buildings Covington is a city located in Kenton County, Kentucky. ...
Ohio River viewed from Liberty Hill in Ripley, Ohio. ...
Flag Seal Nickname: The Queen City Location Location in Hamilton County, Ohio Coordinates , Government Country State County United States Ohio Hamilton Mayor Mark L. Mallory (D) Geographical characteristics Area City 206. ...
Ohio River viewed from Liberty Hill in Ripley, Ohio. ...
Flag Seal Nickname: The Queen City Location Location in Hamilton County, Ohio Coordinates , Government Country State County United States Ohio Hamilton Mayor Mark L. Mallory (D) Geographical characteristics Area City 206. ...
Downtown Covington has many wooded streets and historic buildings Covington is a city located in Kenton County, Kentucky. ...
December 1 is the 335th (in leap years the 336th) day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ...
1866 (MDCCCLXVI) is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar or a common year starting on Wednesday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar. ...
A suspension bridge is a type of bridge that has been made since ancient times. ...
Filling a need
By the mid-1800s, Cincinnati had become the nation's leading inland port, and ferry traffic to and from Covington and Newport, Kentucky was at a level where the need for a bridge was apparent. The Covington-Cincinnati Bridge Company, led by Covington businessman Amos Shinkle, was formed to oversee the project. The state of Ohio mandated, however, that if a span was to be built, the piers could not interfere with the city's river shipping, and the deck would have to be high enough for the stacks of steamboats to pass underneath. The 1849 charter for the bridge required: Events and Trends Beginning of the Napoleonic Wars (1803 - 1815). ...
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The Pride of Rotterdam, One of the P&O Ferriess Flagships operating the Hull-Rotterdam Route A ferry is a boat or a ship carrying passengers, and sometimes their vehicles, on scheduled services. ...
The Campbell County Courthouse in Newport, Kentucky Newport is a city in Campbell County, Kentucky, USA, at the confluence of the Ohio and Licking Rivers. ...
Official language(s) None Capital Largest city Columbus Columbus (largest metropolitan area is Cleveland) Area Ranked 34th - Total 44,825 sq. ...
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1849 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ...
- no piers in the river
- a length of 1,400 feet [427 m] and,
- a deck clearance of 112 feet [34 m].
No such bridge had ever been built, but engineer John August Roebling submitted a design and was awarded the job. By the time construction started in 1856, a new charter had eased the specifications for the bridge, shortening the required length to 1,000 feet (305 m) and height to 100 feet (30 m). Look up engineer in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...
John Augustus Roebling (born Johann August Röbling, June 12, 1806 in Mühlhausen - July 22, 1869) was a German-born civil engineer, educated at the Berlin Bauakademie, famous for his wire rope and bridge designs. ...
1856 was a leap year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ...
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Downtown Covington has many wooded streets and historic buildings Covington is a city located in Kenton County, Kentucky. ...
Flag Seal Nickname: The Queen City Location Location in Hamilton County, Ohio Coordinates , Government Country State County United States Ohio Hamilton Mayor Mark L. Mallory (D) Geographical characteristics Area City 206. ...
Engineering achievement Construction continued for over ten years, interrupted by financial shortages and the Civil War, during which the city and the unfinished bridge were under threat of attack. The bridge was completed in December, 1866. As the first bridge to use both vertical suspenders and diagonal stays fanning from each of its 230-foot (70 m) stone towers, it served as the prototype for Roebling's design of the Brooklyn Bridge, which exceeded the Cincinnati bridge in length when it opened in New York in 1883. Combatants United States of America (Union) Confederate States of America (Confederate) Commanders Abraham Lincoln, Ulysses S. Grant Jefferson Davis, Robert E. Lee Strength 2,200,000 1,064,000 Casualties Killed in action: 110,000 Total dead: 360,000 Wounded: 275,200 Killed in action: 93,000 Total dead: 258...
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Midtown Manhattan, looking north from the Empire State Building, 2005 New York City (officially named the City of New York) is the most populous city in the state of New York and the entire United States. ...
1883 (MDCCCLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ...
When the Roebling Bridge was formally opened on January 1, 1867, the driver of a horse and buggy was charged a toll of 15 cents to cross; the toll for three horses and a carriage was 25 cents. Pedestrians were charged a penny. January 1 is the first day of the calendar year in both the Julian and Gregorian calendars. ...
1867 (MDCCCLXVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ...
Paying toll on passing a bridge. ...
Alterations and designations The original deck of the bridge was built at the lowest possible cost due to Civil War inflation, but the stone towers were designed to carry a much heavier load than was originally demanded. In 1896, the bridge was painted blue (rather than brown) and received a second set of main cables, a wider steel deck, and a longer northern approach. The reconstruction significantly altered the appearance of the bridge, but the new 30-ton weight limit extended its usefulness through the 20th century and beyond. 1896 (MDCCCXCVI) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ...
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The Covington-Cincinnati Bridge Company--a private company--operated the bridge until the Commonwealth of Kentucky purchased it in 1953 for $4.2 million. The state collected tolls until 1963 when the Brent Spence Bridge was opened downriver on Interstate 75. KY 17 ends in the middle of the bridge. Official language(s) English Capital Frankfort Largest city Louisville Area Ranked 37th - Total 40,444 sq. ...
1953 (MCMLIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link is to a full 1953 calendar). ...
1963 (MCMLXIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (the link is to a full 1963 calendar). ...
The Brent Spence Bridge is a double decker cantilever truss bridge that carries Interstates 71 and 75 between Cincinnati, OH and Northern Kentucky. ...
Location of Interstate 75 Interstate 75 (abbreviated I-75) is an interstate highway in the midwest and southeastern United States. ...
The bridge was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975 and designated a National Historic Civil Engineering Landmark in 1983. It remains the busiest of Cincinnati's three non-expressway automobile or pedestrian bridges. Initially called the "Covington-Cincinnati Suspension Bridge," it was renamed in honor of its designer and builder on June 27, 1983. The National Register of Historic Places is the USAs official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects worthy of preservation. ...
1975 (MCMLXXV) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1975 calendar). ...
The following is a partial list of historic civil engineering landmarks as designated by the American Society of Civil Engineers since it began the program in 1964. ...
1983 (MCMLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
June 27 is the 178th day of the year (179th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 187 days remaining. ...
Trivia This bridge was shown in the 1988 movie of Rain Man as Charlie and Raymond go across the bridge in a Buick Roadmaster convertible. Rain Man is a 1988 film which tells the story of a selfish yuppie who discovers that his father has left all of his estate to the autistic brother he never knew he had. ...
1950 Buick Roadmaster Estate Wagon Model 79. ...
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References - The Suspension Bridge. Cincinnati Transit.
- Bridging the century. The Cincinnati Post. March 25, 1999.
- John A. Roebling Suspension Bridge. RootsWeb.com.
See also The Akashi-Kaikyo Bridge has the largest span of any bridge This list of the largest suspension bridges ranks the worlds suspension bridges by the length of main span (distance between the suspension towers). ...
This is a list of 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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