Taylor–Southgate Bridge

Taylor-Southgate Bridge
Coordinates
Carries	4 lanes of US 27 2 pedestrian sidewalks
Crosses	Ohio River
Locale	Newport, Kentucky and Cincinnati, Ohio
Characteristics
Design	Continuous truss bridge
Longest span	259 meters (850 feet)
History
Construction cost	$56 million
Opened	1995

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.

Taylor-Southgate Bridge

Taylor-Southgate Bridge

The bridge replaced the Cincinnati-Newport Bridge, a truss bridge built in 1890. It was demolished in 1991.

See also

• List of crossings of the Ohio River

External links

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