List of crossings of the Ohio River

This is a complete list of current bridges and other crossings of the Ohio River from the mouth at the Mississippi River at Cairo, Illinois to the confluence of the Allegheny and Monongahela Rivers at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Illinois–Kentucky
Image Crossing Carries Location Opened Coordinates
Cairo Ohio River Bridge US 51 / US 60 / US 62 Cairo and Wickliffe 1937 36°59′39″N 89°08′45″W
Cairo Rail Bridge Canadian National Railway Cairo and Wickliffe 1889,

1952

 37°01′23″N 89°10′32″W
Lock and Dam Number 53 Chestnut Hills Nature Preserve and Monkey's Eyebrow
Metropolis Bridge Canadian National Railway Metropolis and West Paducah 1917 37°08′42″N 88°44′31″W
Interstate 24 Bridge I-24 Metropolis and Paducah 1973 37°08′00″N 88°41′13″W
Lock and Dam Number 52 Brookport and Paducah
Brookport Bridge US 45 Brookport and Paducah 1929 37°06′50″N 88°37′45″W
Smithland Locks and Dam Hamletsburg and Smithland 37.167394°N 88.425519°W / 37.167394; -88.425519 (Smithland Locks and Dam)
Lock and Dam No. 51 Golconda and Joy
Elizabethtown Ferry KY 297 Elizabethtown and Tolu
Cave-in-Rock Ferry KY 91/IL 1 Cave-in-Rock and Ferry Shore
Lock and Dam No. 50 Cave-in-Rock and Ferry Shore
Shawneetown Bridge KY 56/IL 13 Old Shawneetown and Spring Grove 1955 37°41′28″N 88°07′53″W

Indiana–Kentucky
Image Crossing Carries Location Opened Coordinates
John T. Myers Locks and Dam Point Township and Uniontown 1977 37.79276°N 87.99158°W / 37.79276; -87.99158 (Uniontown Locks and Dam)
Uniontown Ferry Point Township and Uniontown
Henderson Bridge (Ohio River) CSX Transportation Union Township and Henderson 1932 37°50′45″N 87°35′47″W
Bi-State Vietnam Gold Star Bridges US 41 Evansville and Henderson

(crosses the river entirely within the state of Kentucky at this point)

1932, 1965 37°54′19″N 87°33′02″W
Proposed Interstate 69 Bridge I-69 Evansville and Henderson N/A 37°54′19″N 87°30′00″W
Newburgh Lock and Dam Newburgh and Green River State Wildlife Area 1975 37.9294°N 87.3734°W / 37.9294; -87.3734 (Newburgh Lock and Dam)
Owensboro Bridge KY 2155/IN 161 Ohio Township and Owensboro 1940 37°46′45″N 87°06′33″W
William H. Natcher Bridge US 231 Ohio Township and Maceo 2002 37°54′03″N 87°02′01″W
Lincoln Trail Bridge KY 69/IN 237 Cannelton and Hawesville 1966 37°54′12″N 86°44′39″W
Cannelton Locks and Dam Ohio River Troy Township and Skillman 1966
Matthew E. Welsh Bridge KY 79/IN 135 Mauckport and Brandenburg 1966 38°01′02″N 86°11′49″W
Sherman Minton Bridge I-64 / US 150 New Albany and Louisville 1962 38°16′44″N 85°49′21″W
Kentucky & Indiana Terminal Bridge Norfolk Southern Railway New Albany and Louisville 1912 38°16′57″N 85°48′05″W
McAlpine Locks and Dam (Only to Shippingport Island, not all the way across river) New Albany and Louisville

(Falls of the Ohio)

1830 38.278087°N 85.790408°W / 38.278087; -85.790408 (McAlpine Locks and Dam)
Fourteenth Street Bridge Louisville and Indiana Railroad Clarksville and Louisville 1868, 1919 38°16′05″N 85°45′59″W
George Rogers Clark Memorial Bridge US 31 (Pedestrian and automobile traffic) Jeffersonville and Louisville 1929 38°15′49″N 85°45′06″W
Spirit of Jefferson Ferry Temporary ferry service due to closure of Sherman Minton Bridge; no longer used after the bridge reopened in February 2012. Jeffersonville and Louisville
John F. Kennedy Memorial Bridge I-65 (southbound traffic) Jeffersonville and Louisville 1963 38°15′52″N 85°44′37″W
Abraham Lincoln Bridge I-65 (northbound traffic) Jeffersonville and Louisville 2015 38°15′52″N 85°44′36″W
Big Four Bridge Pedestrian (Former Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway line) Jeffersonville and Louisville 1895, 1929 38°15′58″N 85°44′22″W
Lewis and Clark Bridge I-265 / KY 841 Utica Township and Louisville 2016 38°20′36″N 85°38′34″W
Milton–Madison Bridge US 421 Madison and Milton 1929, 2014 38°43′47″N 85°22′12″W
Markland Dam Bridge SR 101 / KY 1039 York Township and Warsaw 1964 38°46′36″N 84°57′52″W
Rising Sun Ferry Rising Sun and Rabbit Hash 2018 38°57′29″N 84°50′14″W
Aurora–Petersburg Ferry - closed in 1978 Aurora and Petersburg
Carroll Lee Cropper Bridge I-275 Lawrenceburg Township and West Petersburg 1977 39°06′12″N 84°49′31″W

Ohio–Kentucky
Image Crossing Carries Location Opened Coordinates
Anderson Ferry Delhi Township and Constance 39°04′26″N 84°37′30″W
Cincinnati Southern Bridge Norfolk Southern Railway Cincinnati and Ludlow 1877 39°05′54″N 84°32′31″W
Brent Spence Bridge I-71 / I-75 Cincinnati and Covington 1963 39°05′29″N 84°31′21″W
C&O Railroad Bridge CSX Transportation Cincinnati Terminal Cincinnati and Covington 1929 39°05′29″N 84°31′10″W
Clay Wade Bailey Bridge US 25 / US 42 / US 127 Cincinnati and Covington 1899, 1974 39°05′28″N 84°31′09″W
John A. Roebling Suspension Bridge KY 17 Cincinnati and Covington 1867 39°05′34″N 84°30′36″W
Taylor–Southgate Bridge US 27 Cincinnati and Newport 1995 39°05′46″N 84°30′05″W
Newport Southbank Bridge (Purple People Bridge) Pedestrian Cincinnati and Newport 1872 39°05′53″N 84°29′52″W
Daniel Carter Beard Bridge I-471 Cincinnati and Newport 1976 39°06′01″N 84°29′41″W
Combs–Hehl Bridge I-275 Cincinnati and Highland Heights 1979 39°03′24″N 84°25′53″W
Captain Anthony Meldahl Locks and Dam Washington Township and Willow Grove 38°47′35″N 84°10′18″W
Augusta Ferry Lewis Township and Augusta 38°46′50″N 84°0′39″W
William H. Harsha Bridge US 62 / US 68 Aberdeen and Maysville 2000 38°41′04″N 83°46′56″W
Simon Kenton Memorial Bridge

US 62 Bus. / US 68 Bus.		 Aberdeen and Maysville 1931 38°39′00″N 83°45′35″W
Carl Perkins Bridge
US 23 Truck / KY 8S / SR 852		 Portsmouth and South Portsmouth 1988 38°43′38″N 83°01′03″W
U.S. Grant Bridge US 23 Portsmouth and South Shore 2006 38°43′39″N 82°59′49″W
Sciotoville Bridge CSX Transportation Sciotoville and Siloam (junction in) South Shore 1916 38°45′09″N 82°53′07″W
Jesse Stuart Memorial Bridge over the Greenup Lock and Dam OH 253 Green Township, and Lloyd 1984 38°38′48″N 82°51′30″W
Oakley C. Collins Memorial Bridge (New Ironton-Russell Bridge) Ironton and Russell 2016 38°31′32″N 82°41′07″W
Ben Williamson Memorial Bridge US 60 South Coal Grove and Ashland 1932 38°29′05″N 82°38′26″W
Simeon Willis Memorial Bridge US 60 North Coal Grove and Ashland 1985 38°29′02″N 82°38′25″W

Ohio–West Virginia
Image Crossing Carries Location Opened Coordinates
Norfolk Southern Bridge Norfolk Southern Railway South Point and Kenova 1913 38°24′19″N 82°34′24″W
West Huntington Bridge US 52 Union Township and Huntington 1970 38°24′47″N 82°29′11″W
Robert C. Byrd Bridge OH 527/WV 527 Chesapeake and Huntington 1994 38°25′28″N 82°27′05″W
Frank Gatski Memorial Bridge WV 106/OH 775 Proctorville and Huntington 1985 38°26′01″N 82°23′23″W
Robert C. Byrd Lock and Dam Clay Township and Gallipolis Ferry 38°40′54″N 82°11′04″W
Silver Memorial Bridge US 35 Addison Township and Henderson 1969 38°50′04″N 82°08′51″W
Point Pleasant Rail Bridge Norfolk Southern Railway Addison Township and Point Pleasant 38°50′46″N 82°08′29″W
Pomeroy–Mason Bridge
WV 62 Spur/OH 833		 Middleport and Mason 2008 39°00′48″N 82°02′29″W
Racine Lock and Dam Letart Township and Letart
Ravenswood Bridge US 33 Lebanon Township and Ravenswood 1981
Belleville Lock and Dam Olive Township and Belleville
Blennerhassett Island Bridge US 50 Belpre and Lubeck 2008 39°16′36″N 81°38′49″W
Parkersburg–Belpre Bridge OH 32/WV 618 Belpre and Parkersburg 1980
Parkersburg CSX Bridge CSX Transportation Marietta Subdivision Belpre and Parkersburg 1871, 1905
Memorial Bridge Belpre and Parkersburg 1954 39°17′00″N 81°33′47″W
Williamstown Bridge OH 60 / WV 31 Marietta and Williamstown 1992 39°24′30″N 81°26′52″W
Marietta–Williamstown Interstate Bridge I-77 Marietta and Williamstown 1967 39°24′11″N 81°25′52″W
Willow Island Lock and Dam Newport Township and Eureka Island
Hi Carpenter Memorial Bridge OH 807 / WV 807 Newport Township and St. Marys 1973 39°23′16″N 81°12′51″W
Sistersville Ferry Jackson Township and Sistersville
New Martinsville Bridge WV 7 / OH 536 Ohio Township and New Martinsville 1961 39°39′33″N 80°51′48″W
Hannibal Locks and Dam Ohio Township and New Martinsville 1975
Moundsville Bridge
WV 2 Spur/OH 872[1]		 Mead Township and Moundsville 1986 39°54′48″N 80°45′15″W
B & O Railroad Viaduct CSX Baltimore and Ohio Railroad line Bellaire and Benwood 1870
Bellaire Bridge (Closed, Demolition planned) Bellaire and Benwood 1926
Vietnam Veterans Memorial Bridge Interstate 470 Brookside and Wheeling 1985
Wheeling Suspension Bridge (crosses main channel only) WV 251 Wheeling Island (WV) and Wheeling (crosses the main channel entirely within the state of West Virginia) 1849 40°04′13″N 80°43′38″W
Fort Henry Bridge I-70 / US 40 / US 250 Bridgeport, Wheeling Island and Wheeling 1955 40°04′19″N 80°43′39″W
Military Order of the Purple Heart Bridge (crosses back channel only) US 40 / US 250 Bridgeport and Wheeling Island 1998
Aetnaville Bridge (crosses back channel only) Pedestrian Martin's Ferry and Wheeling Island 1891
Pike Island Locks and Dam Yorkville and Clearview
Wellsburg Bridge Wellsburg and Brilliant scheduled for completion in October 2022 40°15′22″N 80°38′12″W
Wabash Bridge CSX Pittsburgh and West Virginia Railway line Mingo Junction and Follansbee 1904
Wheeling–Pittsburgh Steel Railroad Bridge Wheeling and Lake Erie Railway Steubenville and Coketown 1917
Market Street Bridge
WV 2 Spur		 Steubenville and East Steubenville 1905
Steubenville Railroad Bridge Norfolk Southern Railway Steubenville and Weirton
Veterans Memorial Bridge US 22 Steubenville and Weirton 1990
Fort Steuben Bridge (demolished, 1928–2012) SR 822 Steubenville and Weirton 40.379824°N 80.613289°W / 40.379824; -80.613289 (Fort Steuben Bridge)
New Cumberland Locks and Dam Knox Township and New Cumberland
Newell Toll Bridge East Liverpool and Newell 1905
Chester Bridge (1897-1970) East Liverpool and Chester 1897
East Liverpool Railroad Bridge (abandoned) Former Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad line East Liverpool and Chester
Jennings Randolph Bridge US 30 East Liverpool and Chester 1977

Pennsylvania
See also: List of bridges of Pittsburgh § Ohio River
Image Crossing Carries Location Opened Coordinates
Shippingport Bridge PA 168 Shippingport and Midland 1964 40°37′37″N 80°25′56″W
Montgomery Locks and Dam Shippingport and Industry
Vanport Bridge Interstate 376 Potter Township and Vanport Township 1968 40°40′45″N 80°19′53″W
Beaver Bridge CSX Transportation Pittsburgh Subdivision Monaca and Beaver 1910 40°41′35″N 80°17′27″W
Rochester–Monaca Bridge PA 18 Monaca and Rochester 1986 40°41′47″N 80°16′57″W
Monaca–East Rochester Bridge PA 51 Monaca and East Rochester 1959 40°41′32″N 80°16′02″W
Ambridge–Aliquippa Bridge Aliquippa and Ambridge 1926 40°35′32″N 80°14′11″W
Dashields Locks and Dam Moon Township and Edgeworth
Sewickley Bridge Orange Belt Moon Township and Sewickley 1981 40°31′59″N 80°11′15″W
Coraopolis Bridge (crosses back channel only) Yellow Belt Coraopolis and Neville Township 1995 40°30′58″N 80°09′07″W
Neville Island Bridge Interstate 79 Robinson Township, Neville Township, and Glenfield 1976 40°30′56″N 80°08′03″W
Emsworth Locks and Dam Emsworth and Neville Township
PC&Y Railroad Bridge (crosses back channel only) Pittsburgh and Ohio Central Railroad Stowe Township and Neville Township 1894 40°29′31.16″N 80°04′55.28″W
Fleming Park Bridge (crosses back channel only) Neville Rd, Fleming Park Rd; four lanes with divided sidewalk on upstream side Stowe Township and Neville Township 1955 40°29′28″N 80°04′48″W
McKees Rocks Bridge SR 3104 / Blue Belt McKees Rocks and Pittsburgh 1931 40°28′38″N 80°02′54″W
Ohio Connecting Railroad Bridge Norfolk Southern Railway Fort Wayne Line Pittsburgh 1915 40°27′46″N 80°02′35″W
West End Bridge U.S. Route 19 Pittsburgh 1932 40°26′46″N 80°01′37″W

The source of the Ohio River is at the confluence of the Allegheny River and the Monongahela River (40°26′31″N 80°00′50″W) at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

See also

References
  1. West Virginia Department of Transportation: General Highway Map, Marshall County West Virginia, January 2004.
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