William H. Harsha Ohio River Bridge

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William H. Harsha Ohio River Bridge Feb 18, 2022 5:51:36 GMT jackscrap and Lillias like this

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William H. Harsha Ohio River Bridge

This bridge carries bypass routes of US Hwy 62 and US Hwy 68 from Aberdeen, Ohio, South across the Ohio, to bypass Maysville, Kentucky.

Construction Began: 1997
Completed and Open for Traffic: 2000

Cable-stayed Bridge

Length of Longest Span: 1,050'
Length of Cable-stayed Spans: 2,100'
Total Length: 2,420'
Deck width: 48'

Builders:
- American Consulting Engineers of Lexington, Kentucky (Designer)
- Buckland & Taylor Ltd. of North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada (Construction Engineers)
- Traylor Brothers Inc. of Evansville, Indiana

William H. Harsha Ohio River Bridge

Cable-stayed Bridge

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Westbound US Hwy 62/68
Eastbound US Hwy 52
Aberdeen, Ohio
Brown County
Sunday_19-December-2021

38° 41' 4.40" North Latitude
83° 46' 55.75" West Longitude
Elevation: 560'

Photo Taken through the glass of a Moving Vehicle

I am not a big fan of Cable-stayed bridges; they just do not look very impressively strong and reliable to me; however, they must be the most inexpensive route to go (translate "cheap"), as they use them more and more.
I had much rather see a steel through-truss affair with lots of big rivets like the US Hwy 62/Cumberland River bridge that is below Barkley Dam.
It is a long way across there and that river is deep; I just feel much better when no expense is spared in getting me across safely and doing so a hundred years later as well.

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On a poverty-level Kentucky budget, a 24-exposure roll of film would have two Christmases and a summer vacation on it and we might have to wait another six months before being able to afford developing the film.
I still have trouble remembering that it doesn't cost anything to take thousands of pictures; it just almost seems impossible to be true.

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William H. Harsha Ohio River Bridge Feb 18, 2022 17:35:47 GMT BuckSkin likes this

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Feb 18, 2022 5:51:36 GMT BuckSkin said:

I just feel much better when no expense is spared in getting me across safely

It's a cool looking bridge though. Don't see them here ..not sure why. Could be the extreme temp range ... or wind. I have no idea.

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William H. Harsha Ohio River Bridge Feb 18, 2022 19:59:23 GMT

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Feb 18, 2022 17:35:47 GMT pontiac1940 said:

Feb 18, 2022 5:51:36 GMT BuckSkin said:

I just feel much better when no expense is spared in getting me across safely

It's a cool looking bridge though. Don't see them here ..not sure why. Could be the extreme temp range ... or wind. I have no idea.

I can't remember where I read it; but, I read a lengthy article about the various bridge types and famous bridge architects and there have been several very important suspension and cable-stayed bridges to get whipped to pieces in strong winds, not doing much for the reputations of the designers.

Have you ever walked way out on a long suspension or cable-stayed bridge; they are flopping around so much on a normal day that it feels like your legs are going to buckle.

Elements 7 ~~~ 64-bit Windows 7

On a poverty-level Kentucky budget, a 24-exposure roll of film would have two Christmases and a summer vacation on it and we might have to wait another six months before being able to afford developing the film.
I still have trouble remembering that it doesn't cost anything to take thousands of pictures; it just almost seems impossible to be true.

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William H. Harsha Ohio River Bridge Feb 18, 2022 20:14:16 GMT

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Post by BuckSkin on Feb 18, 2022 20:14:16 GMT

William H. Harsha Ohio River Bridge

Looking South, from Ohio into Kentucky.

We have turned away from the river to loop around and climb over the highway we were just on - US Hwys 52/62/68, under the overpass between us and the green sign - and then onto the bridge.
US Hwy 52 stays on the North bank and US Hwy 68 and the bypass route of US Hwy 62 will cross the bridge.

As an old uncle of mine, who had never before been any farther from home than the county seat, once said when crossing the Kennedy Bridge back into Kentucky "Boy, it will sure be good to be back in the good ol' United States"

Elements 7 ~~~ 64-bit Windows 7

On a poverty-level Kentucky budget, a 24-exposure roll of film would have two Christmases and a summer vacation on it and we might have to wait another six months before being able to afford developing the film.
I still have trouble remembering that it doesn't cost anything to take thousands of pictures; it just almost seems impossible to be true.

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