Crosses Ohio River Opened 1932 Bridge type Cantilever bridge | Design Cantilever bridge Location Coal Grove Body of water Ohio River | |
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Carries 2 lanes of Southbound Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard (12th Street) Locale Coal Grove, Ohio and Ashland, Kentucky Maintained by Kentucky Transportation Cabinet Similar Ohio River, Highlands Museum and Disc, Kyova Mall, Ironton–Russell Bridge, Ashland Town Center | ||
Ben williamson memorial bridge us 60 november 2009
Completed in 1932, the two-lane Ben Williamson Bridge connects Coal Grove, Ohio to Ashland, Kentucky, crossing the Ohio River. Named for Senator Ben M. Williamson, it was formerly a two-way span before the parallel Simeon Willis Memorial Bridge was completed upstream in 1985, it is used for Kentucky-bound traffic today. In 1989, the bridge was closed and renovated during which time traffic in both directions was diverted to the Willis Bridge. In early 2007, traffic was again diverted to the Willis Bridge in order to renovate and paint the bridge. The bridge was reopened on October 30, 2007. The bridge was also closed briefly and traffic again diverted to the Willis Bridge in the summer of 2013 after a tractor-trailer ran into the tower on the Ohio side.