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″N89°08′45″W / 36.99417°N 89.14583°W / 36.99417; -89.14583
	Cairo Rail Bridge	Canadian National Railway		1889,1952	37°01′23″N89°10′32″W / 37.02306°N 89.17556°W / 37.02306; -89.17556
	Olmsted Locks and Dam		Pulaski County, Illinois and Ballard County, Kentucky	2018	37°11′01″N89°03′50″W / 37.18361°N 89.06389°W / 37.18361; -89.06389
	Lock and Dam Number 53		Chestnut Hills Nature Preserve and Monkey's Eyebrow	1929 demolished 2020
	Metropolis Bridge	Canadian National Railway (Illinois Central Railroad)	Metropolis and West Paducah	1917	37°08′42″N88°44′31″W / 37.14500°N 88.74194°W / 37.14500; -88.74194
	Interstate 24 Bridge	I-24	Metropolis and Paducah	1973	37°08′00″N88°41′13″W / 37.13333°N 88.68694°W / 37.13333; -88.68694
	Lock and Dam Number 52		Brookport and Paducah	1929 demolished 2020
	Brookport Bridge	US 45		1929	37°06′50″N88°37′45″W / 37.11389°N 88.62917°W / 37.11389; -88.62917
	Smithland Locks and Dam		Hamletsburg and Smithland		37°10′03″N88°25′32″W / 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	IL 1  / KY 91	Cave-in-Rock and Ferry Shore
	Lock and Dam No. 50
	Shawneetown Bridge	IL 13  / KY 56	Old Shawneetown and Spring Grove	1955	37°41′28″N88°07′53″W / 37.69111°N 88.13139°W / 37.69111; -88.13139 (Shawneetown Bridge)

Indiana–Kentucky

Image	Crossing	Carries	Location	Opened	Coordinates
	John T. Myers Locks and Dam		Point Township and Uniontown	1977	37°47′34″N87°59′30″W / 37.79276°N 87.99158°W / 37.79276; -87.99158 (Uniontown Locks and Dam)
	Uniontown Ferry
	Henderson Bridge (Ohio River)	CSX Transportation	Union Township and Henderson	1932	37°50′45″N87°35′47″W / 37.84583°N 87.59639°W / 37.84583; -87.59639
	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″N87°33′02″W / 37.90528°N 87.55056°W / 37.90528; -87.55056
	Proposed Interstate 69 Bridge	I-69	Evansville and Henderson	N/A	37°54′19″N87°30′00″W / 37.90528°N 87.50000°W / 37.90528; -87.50000
	Newburgh Lock and Dam		Newburgh and Green River State Wildlife Area	1975	37°55′46″N87°22′24″W / 37.9294°N 87.3734°W / 37.9294; -87.3734 (Newburgh Lock and Dam)
	Owensboro Bridge	SR 161  / KY 2262	Ohio Township and Owensboro	1940	37°46′45″N87°06′33″W / 37.77917°N 87.10917°W / 37.77917; -87.10917
	William H. Natcher Bridge	US 231	Ohio Township and Maceo	2002	37°54′03″N87°02′01″W / 37.90083°N 87.03361°W / 37.90083; -87.03361
	Lincoln Trail Bridge	SR 237  / KY 69	Cannelton and Hawesville	1966	37°54′12″N86°44′39″W / 37.90333°N 86.74417°W / 37.90333; -86.74417
	Cannelton Locks and Dam	Ohio River	Troy Township and Skillman	1966
	Matthew E. Welsh Bridge	SR 135  / KY 313	Mauckport and Brandenburg	1966	38°01′02″N86°11′49″W / 38.01722°N 86.19694°W / 38.01722; -86.19694
	Sherman Minton Bridge	I-64  / US 150	New Albany and Louisville	1962	38°16′44″N85°49′21″W / 38.27889°N 85.82250°W / 38.27889; -85.82250
	Kentucky & Indiana Terminal Bridge	Norfolk Southern Railway		1912	38°16′57″N85°48′05″W / 38.28250°N 85.80139°W / 38.28250; -85.80139
	McAlpine Locks and Dam (includes bridge to Shippingport Island, not all the way across river)			1830	38°16′41″N85°47′25″W / 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″N85°45′59″W / 38.26806°N 85.76639°W / 38.26806; -85.76639
	George Rogers Clark Memorial Bridge	US 31 (Pedestrian and automobile traffic)	Jeffersonville and Louisville	1929	38°15′49″N85°45′06″W / 38.26361°N 85.75167°W / 38.26361; -85.75167
	Spirit of Jefferson Ferry	Temporary ferry service due to closure of Sherman Minton Bridge; no longer used after the bridge reopened in February 2012.
	John F. Kennedy Memorial Bridge	I-65 (southbound traffic)		1963	38°15′52″N85°44′37″W / 38.26444°N 85.74361°W / 38.26444; -85.74361
	Abraham Lincoln Bridge	I-65 (northbound traffic)		2015	38°15′52″N85°44′36″W / 38.26444°N 85.74333°W / 38.26444; -85.74333
	Big Four Bridge	Pedestrian (Former Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway line)		1895, 1929	38°15′58″N85°44′22″W / 38.26611°N 85.73944°W / 38.26611; -85.73944
	Lewis and Clark Bridge	I-265  / KY 841	Utica Township and Louisville	2016	38°20′36″N85°38′34″W / 38.34333°N 85.64278°W / 38.34333; -85.64278
	Milton–Madison Bridge	US 421	Madison and Milton	1929, 2014	38°43′47″N85°22′12″W / 38.72972°N 85.37000°W / 38.72972; -85.37000
	Markland Dam Bridge	SR 101  / KY 1039	York Township and Warsaw	1964	38°46′36″N84°57′52″W / 38.77667°N 84.96444°W / 38.77667; -84.96444
	Rising Sun Ferry		Rising Sun and Rabbit Hash	2018	38°57′29″N84°50′14″W / 38.95806°N 84.83722°W / 38.95806; -84.83722
	Aurora–Petersburg Ferry - closed in 1978		Aurora and Petersburg
	Carroll Lee Cropper Bridge	I-275	Lawrenceburg Township and West Petersburg	1977	39°06′12″N84°49′31″W / 39.10333°N 84.82528°W / 39.10333; -84.82528

Ohio–Kentucky

Image	Crossing	Carries	Location	Opened	Coordinates
	Anderson Ferry		Delhi Township and Constance		39°04′26″N84°37′30″W / 39.07389°N 84.62500°W / 39.07389; -84.62500
	Cincinnati Southern Bridge	Norfolk Southern Railway	Cincinnati and Ludlow	1877, 1922	39°05′54″N84°32′31″W / 39.09833°N 84.54194°W / 39.09833; -84.54194
	Brent Spence Bridge	I-71  / I-75	Cincinnati and Covington	1963	39°05′29″N84°31′21″W / 39.09139°N 84.52250°W / 39.09139; -84.52250
	C&O Railroad Bridge	CSX Transportation Cincinnati Terminal		1929	39°05′29″N84°31′10″W / 39.09139°N 84.51944°W / 39.09139; -84.51944
	Clay Wade Bailey Bridge	US 25  / US 42  / US 127		1899, 1974	39°05′28″N84°31′09″W / 39.09111°N 84.51917°W / 39.09111; -84.51917
	John A. Roebling Suspension Bridge	KY 17		1867	39°05′34″N84°30′36″W / 39.09278°N 84.51000°W / 39.09278; -84.51000
	Taylor–Southgate Bridge	US 27	Cincinnati and Newport	1995	39°05′46″N84°30′05″W / 39.09611°N 84.50139°W / 39.09611; -84.50139
	Newport Southbank Bridge (Purple People Bridge)	Pedestrian		1872, 1897	39°05′53″N84°29′52″W / 39.09806°N 84.49778°W / 39.09806; -84.49778
	Daniel Carter Beard Bridge	I-471		1976	39°06′01″N84°29′41″W / 39.10028°N 84.49472°W / 39.10028; -84.49472
	Combs–Hehl Bridge	I-275	Cincinnati and Highland Heights	1979	39°03′24″N84°25′53″W / 39.05667°N 84.43139°W / 39.05667; -84.43139
	Captain Anthony Meldahl Locks and Dam		Washington Township and Willow Grove	1964	38°47′35″N84°10′18″W / 38.79306°N 84.17167°W / 38.79306; -84.17167
	Augusta Ferry		Lewis Township and Augusta		38°46′50″N84°0′39″W / 38.78056°N 84.01083°W / 38.78056; -84.01083
	William H. Harsha Bridge	US 62  / US 68	Aberdeen and Maysville	2000	38°41′04″N83°46′56″W / 38.68444°N 83.78222°W / 38.68444; -83.78222
	Simon Kenton Memorial Bridge	US 62 Bus.  / US 68 Bus.		1931	38°39′00″N83°45′35″W / 38.65000°N 83.75972°W / 38.65000; -83.75972
	Carl Perkins Bridge	US 23 Truck  / KY 8S  / SR 852	Portsmouth and South Portsmouth	1988	38°43′38″N83°01′03″W / 38.72722°N 83.01750°W / 38.72722; -83.01750
	U.S. Grant Bridge	US 23	Portsmouth and South Shore	2006	38°43′39″N82°59′49″W / 38.72750°N 82.99694°W / 38.72750; -82.99694
	Sciotoville Bridge	CSX Transportation	Sciotoville and Siloam (junction in) South Shore	1916	38°45′09″N82°53′07″W / 38.75250°N 82.88528°W / 38.75250; -82.88528
	Jesse Stuart Memorial Bridge over the Greenup Lock and Dam	SR 253	Green Township and Lloyd	1984	38°38′48″N82°51′30″W / 38.64667°N 82.85833°W / 38.64667; -82.85833
	Oakley C. Collins Memorial Bridge (New Ironton-Russell Bridge)		Ironton and Russell	2016	38°31′32″N82°41′07″W / 38.52556°N 82.68528°W / 38.52556; -82.68528
	Ben Williamson Memorial Bridge	SR 652 South	Coal Grove and Ashland	1932	38°29′05″N82°38′26″W / 38.48472°N 82.64056°W / 38.48472; -82.64056
	Simeon Willis Memorial Bridge	SR 652 North		1985	38°29′02″N82°38′25″W / 38.48389°N 82.64028°W / 38.48389; -82.64028

Ohio–West Virginia

Image	Crossing	Carries	Location	Opened	Coordinates
	Norfolk Southern Bridge	Norfolk Southern Railway	South Point and Kenova	1913	38°24′19″N82°34′24″W / 38.40528°N 82.57333°W / 38.40528; -82.57333
	West Huntington Bridge	US 52	Union Township and Huntington	1970	38°24′47″N82°29′11″W / 38.41306°N 82.48639°W / 38.41306; -82.48639
	Robert C. Byrd Bridge	SR 527  / WV 527	Chesapeake and Huntington	1994	38°25′28″N82°27′05″W / 38.42444°N 82.45139°W / 38.42444; -82.45139
	Frank Gatski Memorial Bridge	SR 775  / WV 106	Proctorville and Huntington	1985	38°26′01″N82°23′23″W / 38.43361°N 82.38972°W / 38.43361; -82.38972
	Robert C. Byrd Lock and Dam		Clay Township and Gallipolis Ferry	1937	38°40′54″N82°11′04″W / 38.68167°N 82.18444°W / 38.68167; -82.18444
	Silver Memorial Bridge	US 35	Addison Township and Henderson	1969	38°50′04″N82°08′51″W / 38.83444°N 82.14750°W / 38.83444; -82.14750
	Point Pleasant Rail Bridge	Norfolk Southern Railway	Addison Township and Point Pleasant	1885, 1919	38°50′46″N82°08′29″W / 38.84611°N 82.14139°W / 38.84611; -82.14139
	Pomeroy–Mason Bridge	WV 62 Spur  / SR 833	Pomeroy and Mason	2008	39°00′48″N82°02′29″W / 39.01333°N 82.04139°W / 39.01333; -82.04139 (Pomeroy-Mason Bridge)
	Racine Lock and Dam		Letart Township and Letart	1971
	Ravenswood Bridge	US 33	Lebanon Township and Ravenswood	1981
	Belleville Lock and Dam		Olive Township and Belleville	1968
	Blennerhassett Island Bridge	US 50	Belpre and Lubeck	2008	39°16′36″N81°38′49″W / 39.27667°N 81.64694°W / 39.27667; -81.64694
	Parkersburg–Belpre Bridge	SR 32  / WV 618	Belpre and Parkersburg	1980
	Parkersburg CSX Bridge	CSX Transportation Marietta Subdivision		1871, 1905
	Memorial Bridge			1954	39°17′00″N81°33′47″W / 39.28333°N 81.56306°W / 39.28333; -81.56306
	Williamstown Bridge	SR 60  / WV 31	Marietta and Williamstown	1992	39°24′30″N81°26′52″W / 39.40833°N 81.44778°W / 39.40833; -81.44778
	Marietta–Williamstown Interstate Bridge	I-77		1967	39°24′11″N81°25′52″W / 39.40306°N 81.43111°W / 39.40306; -81.43111
	Willow Island Lock and Dam		Newport Township and Eureka Island	1976
	Hi Carpenter Memorial Bridge	SR 807  / WV 807	Newport Township and St. Marys	1973	39°23′16″N81°12′51″W / 39.38778°N 81.21417°W / 39.38778; -81.21417
	Sistersville Ferry		Jackson Township and Sistersville
	New Martinsville Bridge	SR 536  / WV 7	Ohio Township and New Martinsville	1961	39°39′33″N80°51′48″W / 39.65917°N 80.86333°W / 39.65917; -80.86333
	Hannibal Locks and Dam			1975
	Moundsville Bridge	WV 2 Spur / SR 872 [1]	Mead Township and Moundsville	1986	39°54′48″N80°45′15″W / 39.91333°N 80.75417°W / 39.91333; -80.75417
	B & O Railroad Viaduct	CSX Baltimore and Ohio Railroad line	Bellaire and Benwood	1870
	Bellaire Bridge (Closed, Demolition planned)			1926 (closed 1991)
	Vietnam Veterans Memorial Bridge	I-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″N80°43′38″W / 40.07028°N 80.72722°W / 40.07028; -80.72722 ("Wheeling Suspension Bridge)
	Fort Henry Bridge	I-70  / US 40  / US 250	Bridgeport, Wheeling Island and Wheeling	1955	40°04′19″N80°43′39″W / 40.07194°N 80.72750°W / 40.07194; -80.72750 (Fort Henry Bridge)
	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 (closed 1988)
	Pike Island Locks and Dam		Yorkville and Clearview	1963
	Wellsburg Bridge		Wellsburg and Brilliant	2023	40°15′22″N80°38′12″W / 40.25611°N 80.63667°W / 40.25611; -80.63667
	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		1990
	Fort Steuben Bridge	SR 822		1928 (demolished 2012)	40°22′47″N80°36′48″W / 40.379824°N 80.613289°W / 40.379824; -80.613289 (Fort Steuben Bridge)
	New Cumberland Locks and Dam		Knox Township and New Cumberland	1961
	Wayne Six Toll Bridge		East Liverpool and Newell	1905
	Chester Bridge		East Liverpool and Chester	1897 (demolished 1970)
	East Liverpool Railroad Bridge (abandoned)	Former Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad line		1897 (demolished 1969)
	Jennings Randolph Bridge	US 30		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″N80°25′56″W / 40.62694°N 80.43222°W / 40.62694; -80.43222
	Montgomery Locks and Dam		Shippingport and Industry	1936
	Vanport Bridge	I-376	Potter Township and Vanport Township	1968	40°40′45″N80°19′53″W / 40.67917°N 80.33139°W / 40.67917; -80.33139
	Beaver Bridge	CSX Transportation Pittsburgh Subdivision	Monaca and Beaver	1910	40°41′35″N80°17′27″W / 40.69306°N 80.29083°W / 40.69306; -80.29083
	Rochester–Monaca Bridge	PA 18	Monaca and Rochester	1986	40°41′47″N80°16′57″W / 40.69639°N 80.28250°W / 40.69639; -80.28250
	Monaca–East Rochester Bridge	PA 51	Monaca and East Rochester	1959	40°41′32″N80°16′02″W / 40.69222°N 80.26722°W / 40.69222; -80.26722
	Ambridge–Aliquippa Bridge		Aliquippa and Ambridge	1926	40°35′32″N80°14′11″W / 40.59222°N 80.23639°W / 40.59222; -80.23639
	Dashields Locks and Dam		Moon Township and Edgeworth
	Sewickley Bridge	Orange Belt	Moon Township and Sewickley	1981	40°31′59″N80°11′15″W / 40.53306°N 80.18750°W / 40.53306; -80.18750
	Coraopolis Bridge (crosses back channel only)	Yellow Belt	Coraopolis and Neville Township	1995	40°30′58″N80°09′07″W / 40.51611°N 80.15194°W / 40.51611; -80.15194
	Neville Island Bridge	I-79	Robinson Township, Neville Township, and Glenfield	1976	40°30′56″N80°08′03″W / 40.51556°N 80.13417°W / 40.51556; -80.13417
	Emsworth Locks and Dam		Emsworth and Neville Township	1938
	PC&Y Railroad Bridge (crosses back channel only)	Pittsburgh and Ohio Central Railroad	Stowe Township and Neville Township	1894	40°29′31.16″N80°04′55.28″W / 40.4919889°N 80.0820222°W / 40.4919889; -80.0820222
	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″N80°04′48″W / 40.49111°N 80.08000°W / 40.49111; -80.08000
	McKees Rocks Bridge	SR 3104 / Blue Belt	McKees Rocks and Pittsburgh	1931	40°28′38″N80°02′54″W / 40.47722°N 80.04833°W / 40.47722; -80.04833
	Ohio Connecting Railroad Bridge	Norfolk Southern Railway Fort Wayne Line	Pittsburgh	1915	40°27′46″N80°02′35″W / 40.46278°N 80.04306°W / 40.46278; -80.04306
	West End Bridge	US 19		1932	40°26′46″N80°01′37″W / 40.44611°N 80.02694°W / 40.44611; -80.02694
Splits into Allegheny River and Monongahela River

The source of the Ohio River is at the confluence of the Allegheny River and the Monongahela River ( 40°26′31″N80°00′50″W / 40.44194°N 80.01389°W / 40.44194; -80.01389 ) at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

See also

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• List of crossings of the Allegheny River
• List of crossings of the Cumberland River
• List of crossings of the Green River
• List of crossings of the Monongahela River
• List of crossings of the Tennessee River
• List of crossings of the Lower Mississippi River
• List of crossings of the Upper Mississippi River

References

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