Cincinnati Suspension Bridge, Spanning Ohio River, Cincinnati, Hamilton County, OH

See also HAER No. KY-20, Covington & Cincinnati Suspension Bridge, for additional documentation.

Significance: At the time of its completion in 1866, the Cincinnati Suspension Bridge was the longest suspension span in the world. Although it had taken over ten years to complete (actual completion of all details was not accomplished until 1867) the work was achieved with a noticeable lack of injury or death to hose workmen involved with the project. This was the first bridge over the Ohio River at Cincinnati.

Survey number: HAER OH-28

Building/structure dates: 1856-1867 Initial Construction

National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 75000786

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1969 - 1980

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