Carries 6 lanes of I‑275 Design Twin Cantilever bridge Address Newport, KY 41076, USA Total length 460 m Location California Body of water Ohio River | Crosses Ohio River Daily traffic 72,000 Opened December 1979 Longest span 219 m Bridge type Cantilever bridge | |
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Locale California, Ohio and Highland Heights, Kentucky Similar Ohio River, Daniel Carter Beard Bri, Carroll Lee Cropper Bridge, Taylor–Southgate Bridge, Clay Wade Bailey Bridge | ||
The Combs–Hehl Bridge is a twin span single pier cantilever bridge carrying Interstate 275 (I-275) across the Ohio River. It connects the Eastern portion of Cincinnati, Ohio (near the Coney Island amusement park) and Campbell County, Kentucky. Due to the geography, the Western end of the bridge is in Kentucky; the Eastern end in Ohio.
The main span is 219 meters (719 feet) and the total length of each bridge is 460 meters (1,510 feet). The bridge is named for former governor of Kentucky Bert T. Combs and former Campbell County Judge Executive Lambert Hehl but is commonly referred to by locals as the Coney Bridge since Coney Island amusement park is located at the Eastern end of the bridge, just after the bridge crosses into Ohio.
Normal traffic makes it faster for commuters from Cincinnati's eastern suburbs to travel from Ohio to Kentucky on the Combs-Hehl bridge, travel less than 2 miles on I-275, then take I-471 North into downtown.