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The C&O Railroad bridge is a cantilever truss railroad bridge over the Ohio River between Cincinnati, Ohio and Covington, Kentucky. The bridge was originally built between 1886 and 1889. At the time, its $5,000,000 price tag made it the most expensive bridge, per foot, ever built. By 1929 it was obsolete, and a replacement was built on extended piers immediately adjacent to the original structure. This new bridge was given the same name as the original. As of 2006 this bridge is still in use. The original bridge was sold to the Commonwealth of Kentucky and retrofitted as an automobile bridge. In 1974 the original bridge was demolished, the northern pier was extended and the Clay Wade Bailey Bridge was built on the existing piers.
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C&O Bridge, Clay Wade Bailey Bridge. Cincinnati-transit.net. Retrieved on 2006-03-27.
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