Simeon Willis Memorial Bridge
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Simeon Willis Memorial Bridge | |
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Coordinates | 38°29′02″N 082°38′25″W / 38.48389°N 82.64028°WCoordinates: 38°29′02″N 082°38′25″W / 38.48389°N 82.64028°W |
Carries | 3 lanes of Northbound Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard (13th Street) and SR 652 |
Crosses | Ohio River |
Locale | Coal Grove, Ohio and Ashland, Kentucky |
Official name | Simeon Willis Memorial Bridge |
Other name(s) | Blue Bridge, 13th Street Bridge |
Maintained by | Kentucky Transportation Cabinet |
Characteristics | |
Design | Cantilever bridge |
History | |
Opened | 1985 |
Location | |
Simeon Willis Memorial Bridge is a bridge crossing the Ohio River connecting US 23 and (US 60) in Ashland, Kentucky to US 52 in Coal Grove, Ohio.
Opened in 1985, the bridge is named for Kentucky Governor Simeon S. Willis. The bridge was originally planned to cross at 45th St. and connect to a proposed Ashland bypass, but was instead built one block from the existing Ben Williamson Memorial Bridge and carries only northbound traffic.
The shorter Ohio portion of the bridge officially carries part of Ohio State Route 652 but is not signed as such.[1]
See also[]
- Transport portal
- Engineering portal
- United States portal
- Ohio portal
- List of crossings of the Ohio River
References[]
- ^ Ohio Department of Transportation (August 30, 2017). "Technical Services DESTAPE - Lawrence County" (PDF). Retrieved April 28, 2019.
External links[]
- Simeon Willis Memorial Bridge at Bridges & Tunnels
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Categories:
- Ashland, Kentucky
- Road bridges in Ohio
- Bridges over the Ohio River
- Monuments and memorials in Kentucky
- Monuments and memorials in Ohio
- Bridges completed in 1985
- Transportation in Lawrence County, Ohio
- Buildings and structures in Lawrence County, Ohio
- Road bridges in Kentucky
- Buildings and structures in Boyd County, Kentucky
- Transportation in Boyd County, Kentucky
- U.S. Route 60
- Bridges of the United States Numbered Highway System
- Cantilever bridges in the United States
- Southern United States bridge (structure) stubs
- Kentucky building and structure stubs
- Kentucky transportation stubs
- Midwestern United States bridge (structure) stubs
- Ohio building and structure stubs
- Ohio transportation stubs