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Bridge in Kentucky and Cincinnati, Ohio
Taylor-Southgate Bridge
Coordinates39°05′46″N 84°30′04″W / 39.09600°N 84.50120°W / 39.09600; -84.50120
Carries4 lanes of US 27
2 pedestrian sidewalks
CrossesOhio River
LocaleNewport, Kentucky and Cincinnati, Ohio
Maintained byKentucky Transportation Cabinet
Characteristics
DesignContinuous truss bridge
Longest span259 meters (850 feet)
History
Construction cost$56 million
Opened1995
Location

The Taylor–Southgate Bridge is a continuous truss bridge that was built in 1995. It has a main span of 850 feet (260 m), and a total span of 1,850 feet (560 m). The bridge carries U.S. Route 27 across the Ohio River, connecting Newport, Kentucky and Cincinnati, Ohio.

Some regard this bridge, which was a replacement for the structurally deficient and functionally obsolete Cincinnati-Newport Bridge built by Samuel Bigstaff, as a little too plain in its design for a major urban bridge, especially considering many cities today are opting for a more elegant design, such as a cable stayed bridge.

The bridge is named for the families of James Taylor, Jr. and Richard Southgate, two important early settlers of Newport. Richard was the father of William Wright Southgate, a pre Civil War Congressman from northern Kentucky.

Taylor-Southgate Bridge

The bridge replaced the Cincinnati-Newport Bridge, a truss bridge built in 1890. Commonly known as Central Bridge, it was demolished in 1992.

See also

References

  1. "ArcGIS Web Application".
  2. "Taylor-Southgate Bridge (US 27)". Bridges & Tunnels. Archived from the original on October 6, 2011.
  3. "Samuel Bigstaff".
  4. Graham Knight (April 25, 2010). "Cincinnati Reds: Great American Ball Park". Baseball Pilgrimages. Retrieved July 24, 2010. The focal point of the ballpark's backdrop is the Taylor-Southgate Bridge, a rather unassuming white steel of an expanse built in 1995 to connect Newport, Kentucky and Cincinnati. The bridge can be summed up by the unaffiliated Cincinnati-Transit.net website: 'While not an eyesore, the city missed an opportunity to build an outstanding new bridge in a high profile location'.
  5. Schrage, Robert (July 1, 2006). Along the Ohio River: Cincinnati to Louisville. Arcadia Publishing. p. 26. ISBN 9780738543086. Retrieved May 27, 2013.
  6. "100-year-old bridge demolished". The Galveston Daily News. Galveston, TX. AP. March 21, 1992. Retrieved July 11, 2016 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon

External links

Bridges of the Ohio River
Upstream
Newport Southbank Bridge
Pedestrian		 Taylor-Southgate Bridge
 Downstream
John A. Roebling Suspension Bridge


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