a.k.a. The Clay Wade Bailey Bridge
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
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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
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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
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A timeline, to keep various C&O Bridges straight. |
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| 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.
