Post by BuckSkin on Feb 23, 2022 7:02:48 GMT
Simon Kenton Memorial Bridge
Suspension Bridge
Built: 1931
Builders:
- Kentucky Highway Commission
- Modjeski & Masters of Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania
- Ralph Modjeski of Bochnia, Poland
Length of Longest span: 1,060'
Length of Bridge: 1,991'
Total Length including Approaches: 2,866'
Deck width: 20'
Vertical Clearance above Deck: 20'
Carries U.S. Route 62 across the Ohio River to connect Maysville, Kentucky, with Aberdeen, Ohio.
Eastbound US Hwy 62
Maysville, Kentucky
Mason County
Sunday_19-December-2021
38° 38' 59.13" North Latitude
83° 45' 35.11" West Longitude
Elevation: 524' plus quite a bit as the bridge arches way up
River Elevation: 484'
Photo Taken through the glass of a Moving Vehicle
We are in Maysville, on the approach to the Simon Kenton Memorial Bridge.
We will cross over 2nd Street, CSX RxR Cincinnati Subdivision, and Landing Access Road before getting on the bridge proper.
On the Ohio side, we will cross over Water Street and High Street before exiting the bridge at U.S. Route 52.
The impressive brick on the right(1st Photo) currently serves as the Buffalo Trace District Health Department.
We are looking East/upstream.
This plate is where a suspension cable is attached to the bridge.
The smoke stacks are J.M. Stuart Generating Station on the Ohio side of the river.
Note how and where the suspension cables are attached to the bridge.
The center of the bridge is ahead of us at the lowest point of the main cables.
It is reassuring to know that the cables are only 91-years-old.
I searched to no avail to find how much higher the center of the bridge is than the ends.
We are at the Northern end of the Simon Kenton Memorial Bridge in Aberdeen, Huntington Township, Brown County, Ohio.
We will turn left/West to continue our Eastbound journey.
I hope you find this interesting.
Suspension Bridge
Built: 1931
Builders:
- Kentucky Highway Commission
- Modjeski & Masters of Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania
- Ralph Modjeski of Bochnia, Poland
Length of Longest span: 1,060'
Length of Bridge: 1,991'
Total Length including Approaches: 2,866'
Deck width: 20'
Vertical Clearance above Deck: 20'
Carries U.S. Route 62 across the Ohio River to connect Maysville, Kentucky, with Aberdeen, Ohio.
Eastbound US Hwy 62
Maysville, Kentucky
Mason County
Sunday_19-December-2021
38° 38' 59.13" North Latitude
83° 45' 35.11" West Longitude
Elevation: 524' plus quite a bit as the bridge arches way up
River Elevation: 484'
Photo Taken through the glass of a Moving Vehicle
We are in Maysville, on the approach to the Simon Kenton Memorial Bridge.
We will cross over 2nd Street, CSX RxR Cincinnati Subdivision, and Landing Access Road before getting on the bridge proper.
On the Ohio side, we will cross over Water Street and High Street before exiting the bridge at U.S. Route 52.
The impressive brick on the right(1st Photo) currently serves as the Buffalo Trace District Health Department.
We are looking East/upstream.
This plate is where a suspension cable is attached to the bridge.
The smoke stacks are J.M. Stuart Generating Station on the Ohio side of the river.
Note how and where the suspension cables are attached to the bridge.
The center of the bridge is ahead of us at the lowest point of the main cables.
It is reassuring to know that the cables are only 91-years-old.
I searched to no avail to find how much higher the center of the bridge is than the ends.
We are at the Northern end of the Simon Kenton Memorial Bridge in Aberdeen, Huntington Township, Brown County, Ohio.
We will turn left/West to continue our Eastbound journey.
I hope you find this interesting.
