Taylor-Southgate Bridge

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Taylor-Southgate Bridge
Carries	4 lanes of U.S. Route 27 2 pedestrian sidewalks
Crosses	Ohio River
Locale	Newport, Kentucky and Cincinnati, Ohio
Design	Continuous truss bridge
Longest span	259 meters (850 feet)
Opening date	1995
Maps and aerial photos

The Taylor-Southgate Bridge is a continuous truss bridge that was built in 1995. It has a main span of 850 feet (259 m), and a total span of 1850 feet (564 m). It connects Newport, KY and Cincinnati, OH. It crosses the Ohio River, and is currently in use.

Many regard this bridge, which was a replacement of the Central Bridge built by Samuel Bigstaff [1], 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.^{[citation needed]}

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.

[edit] See also

• List of crossings of the Ohio River

[edit] External links

• Taylor-Southgate Bridge at Bridges & Tunnels.
• Taylor-Southgate Bridge at Cincinnati-Transit

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