Crosses Ohio River Longest span 259 m Construction cost 56 million USD | Opened 1995 Body of water Ohio River Location Cincinnati, Newport | |
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Carries 4 lanes of US 27
2 pedestrian sidewalks Locale Newport, Kentucky and Cincinnati, Ohio Design Continuous truss bridge Bridge type Continuous truss bridge, Truss bridge Similar Ohio River, Clay Wade Bailey Bridge, Newport Southbank Bridge, Daniel Carter Beard Bri, John A Roebling Suspensi | ||
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 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.
The bridge replaced the Cincinnati-Newport Bridge, a truss bridge built in 1890. Commonly known as Central Bridge, it was demolished in 1992.