General Information
| Completion: | 25 November 1931 |
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| Status: | in use |
Project Type
| Structure: |
Three-span suspension bridge |
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| Function / usage: |
Motorway bridge / freeway bridge |
| Material: |
Steel bridge |
| Support conditions: |
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| Secondary structure(s): |
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Location
| Location: |
Maysville, Mason County, Kentucky, USA Aberdeen, Brown County, Ohio, USA |
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| Crosses: |
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| Coordinates: | 38° 39' 1" N 83° 45' 35" W |
Technical Information
Dimensions
| main span | 323.3 m | |
| total length | 607 m |
Cost
| cost of construction | Euro 1 600 000 |
Materials
| cables |
steel
|
|---|---|
| deck |
steel
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| pylons |
steel
|
| anchorages |
reinforced concrete
|
Excerpt from Wikipedia
The Simon Kenton Memorial Bridge is a suspension bridge built in 1931 that carries U.S. Route 62 Business across the Ohio River to connect Maysville, Kentucky with Aberdeen, Ohio. Ist main span is 1,060 feet (320 meters) long, and the total length of the bridge is 1,991 feet (607 meters). The bridge was designed by Modjeski and Masters and was open to traffic on November 25, 1931. Tolls were collected from the opening of the bridge until 1945.
The bridge was closed for rehabilitation in 2003 and 2004 after the William H. Harsha Bridge was completed. URS Corp. Prepared the rehabilitation plans which consisted of a deck replacement, structural steel repairs, a new inspection walkway, and a new handrail on the main spans. The bridge was painted and returned to ist original color, silver. It was rumored that the bridge was painted green during World War II to help 'disguise' it from air attacks. National Engineering and Contracting Company completed the construction and painting for the rehabilitation at a cost of $5.7 million.
Text imported from Wikipedia article "Simon Kenton Memorial Bridge" and modified on July 22, 2019 according to the CC-BY-SA 4.0 International license.
Participants
Relevant Web Sites
Relevant Publications
- (2003): Simon Kenton suspension bridge deck replacement analysis. In: (2003): Recent Developments In Bridge Engineering. CRC Press, London (United Kingdom), ISBN 9780203017876, pp. 68-77.
- About this
data sheet - Structure-ID
20000536 - Published on:
21/11/1999 - Last updated on:
10/05/2023
