John A. Roebling Suspension Bridge
General Information
| Structural Type: |
Suspension bridge with cable-stays
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| Function / usage: |
Road bridge
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| Other name(s): | Cincinnati-Covington Bridge |
| Built: | 1856 - 1867 |
| Status: | in use |
Geographic Information & Related Structures
| Location: |
Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio, USA, North America Covington, Kenton County, Kentucky, USA, North America |
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| Crosses |
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| Coordinates: | 39° 5' 35.00" N 84° 30' 36.00" W |
Technical Information
Dimensions
| main span | 322.4 m | |
| length of side spans | 85.7 m | |
| total length | 686.9 m |
Materials
| cables |
steel
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| deck |
steel
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| pylons |
masonry
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Chronology
| 1899 | Concerns over the inadequacy of the deck truss yield to a redesign of the deck truss by Wilhelm Hildenbrand |
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Participants
Reconfiguration
Relevant Web Sites
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A Span for All Seasons: John A. Roebling Suspension Bridge
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archINFORM: Hängebrücke über den Ohio
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Cincinnati Transit: Roebling Suspension Bridge
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Digital Bridges: A full and complete description of the Covington and Cincinnati suspension bridge
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HAER: Cincinnati Suspension Bridge, Spanning Ohio River, Cincinnati, Hamilton County, OH
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HAER: Covington & Cincinnati Suspension Bridge, Spanning Ohio River, Covington, KY-Cincinnati, OH, Covington, Kenton County, KY
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Historic Bridges of the United States: Roebling Suspension Bridge
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Wikipedia: John A. Roebling Suspension Bridge
Relevant Publications
- A full and complete description of the Covington and Cincinnati suspension bridge, J. P. Lindsay & co., printers, Cincinnati (USA), 1867
- Great American Bridges and Dams, John Wiley & Sons, New York (USA), ISBN 0471143855, 1984; pp. 226-227
- Construction of Parallel Wire Cables for Suspension Bridges, John A. Roebling's Sons Company, Trenton (USA), 1925
- Cable-Stayed Bridges, Crosby Lockwood Staples, London (United Kingdom), ISBN 0258970340, 1977
Internal Information
| Structure-ID: | s0000513 |
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| Created: | 17/11/1999 |
| Last Updated: | 24/04/2013 |
