a.k.a. The Clay Wade Bailey Bridge

 

"Chespeake" & Ohio Bridge, looking toward Covington

 

The Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad Bridge
Note foreground on card on left 
1920 is the date on the one on the right

 

  

C & O Bridge Construction (late 1880's)

 

 

C & O Bridge Traffic, circa 1945

 

C & O Bridge, 1942

 

   

Construction and grand opening of 1929 Bridge

 

The first locomotives, and crews to go over the first 1889 C&O Bridge, and the rebuilt
C&O RR Bridge on April 3, 1929.  You can click on the captions under the pictures

The above four images are all from the 1929 L&N Magazine.  The accompanying story is here.

 

Under the C&O Bridge, looking toward Covington

 

The L & N had trackage rights over the C & O Bridge.
This image is from 1965.

 

 

C & O in the 1950's

 

left, C & O Railway Bridge
right, Cities Highway Bridge
both from the US Army, Chief of Engineers, 1934

 


Photo by Jack Klumpe

  

The End of the C&O Bridge

 

Building the caisson on the Kentucky Side

A timeline, to keep various C&O Bridges straight.

1886-1889 The Original C&O Railroad Bridge Built
1929 A new railroad bridge is built next to the old one;  it's still used as the bridge for the railroad.
1929 The original RR bridge is sold to Kentucky; converted for use by auto traffic.
1970 Original RR bridge (auto traffic since 1929) is blown up.  New bridge is built; named for C. W. Bailey

The Cincinnati Transit site has a page on the history of the
C&O Bridge, here, and on the Clay Wade Bailey Bridge, here.

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