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Clay Wade Bailey Bridge
Clay Wade Bailey Bridge
	The Clay Wade Bailey Bridge is the nearest bridge in the foreground
Coordinates	39°5′28.0″N 84°31′9.5″W / 39.091111°N 84.519306°W
Carries	3 lanes of US 25 / US 42 / US 127
Crosses	Ohio River
Locale	Covington, Kentucky and Cincinnati, Ohio
Maintained by	Kentucky Transportation Cabinet
Characteristics
Design	Cantilever bridge
Longest span	206 meters (676 feet)
History
Construction cost	$13.5 million
Opened	October 1974
Statistics
Daily traffic	12,200
Location

The Clay Wade Bailey Bridge is a cantilever bridge carrying U.S. Route 42 and U.S. Route 127 across the Ohio River, connecting Cincinnati, Ohio and Covington, Kentucky. This also marks the termination of U.S. Route 25. The bridge's main span is 675 feet (206 m). It is a 3-lane bridge; Two lanes are dedicated to travel each way and the middle lane is a reversible lane, meaning the direction of travel of the middle lane changes according to the time of day.

The bridge was named after a prominent political reporter for The Kentucky Post, Clay Wade Bailey;^[3]^[4] it is not a bailey bridge.

References edit

^ "ArcGIS Web Application".
^ Watkins, Steve; Fasig, Lisa Biank; May, Lucy; Baverman, Laura; Ritchie, James; Monk, Dan; Tortora, Andrea (7 May 2007). "Bridge forces push forward, pull together". Cincinnati Business Courier. Retrieved 25 Jun 2022.
^ Winternitz, Felix (November 18, 2008). Insiders' Guide to Cincinnati. Globe Pequot. p. 21. ISBN 9780762748655. Retrieved 23 October 2013.
^ Rutledge, Mike (December 30, 2007). "Some little-known facts about the Cincinnati Post". The Cincinnati Enquirer. Gannett Company. Retrieved November 24, 2014.