List of crossings of the Ohio River

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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

Crossing	Carries	Location	Opened	Coordinates
Cairo Ohio River Bridge	US 51 / US 60 / US 62	Cairo and Wickliffe	1937	36°59′39″N 89°08′45″W / 36.99417°N 89.14583°W / 36.99417; -89.14583
Cairo Rail Bridge	Canadian National Railway	Cairo and Wickliffe	1889,1952	37°01′23″N 89°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″N 89°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″N 88°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″N 88°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	Brookport and Paducah	1929	37°06′50″N 88°37′45″W / 37.11389°N 88.62917°W / 37.11389; -88.62917
Smithland Locks and Dam		Hamletsburg and Smithland		37°10′03″N 88°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		Cave-in-Rock and Ferry Shore
Shawneetown Bridge	IL 13 / KY 56	Old Shawneetown and Spring Grove	1955	37°41′28″N 88°07′53″W / 37.69111°N 88.13139°W / 37.69111; -88.13139 (Shawneetown Bridge)

Indiana–Kentucky

Crossing	Carries	Location	Opened	Coordinates
John T. Myers Locks and Dam		Point Township and Uniontown	1977	37°47′34″N 87°59′30″W / 37.79276°N 87.99158°W / 37.79276; -87.99158 (Uniontown Locks and Dam)
Uniontown Ferry		Point Township and Uniontown
Henderson Bridge (Ohio River)	CSX Transportation	Union Township and Henderson	1932	37°50′45″N 87°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″N 87°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″N 87°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″N 87°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″N 87°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″N 87°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″N 86°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″N 86°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″N 85°49′21″W / 38.27889°N 85.82250°W / 38.27889; -85.82250
Kentucky & Indiana Terminal Bridge	Norfolk Southern Railway	New Albany and Louisville	1912	38°16′57″N 85°48′05″W / 38.28250°N 85.80139°W / 38.28250; -85.80139
McAlpine Locks and Dam (Only to Shippingport Island, not all the way across river)		New Albany and Louisville (Falls of the Ohio)	1830	38°16′41″N 85°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″N 85°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″N 85°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.	Jeffersonville and Louisville
John F. Kennedy Memorial Bridge	I-65 (southbound traffic)	Jeffersonville and Louisville	1963	38°15′52″N 85°44′37″W / 38.26444°N 85.74361°W / 38.26444; -85.74361
Abraham Lincoln Bridge	I-65 (northbound traffic)	Jeffersonville and Louisville	2015	38°15′52″N 85°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)	Jeffersonville and Louisville	1895, 1929	38°15′58″N 85°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″N 85°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″N 85°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″N 84°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″N 84°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″N 84°49′31″W / 39.10333°N 84.82528°W / 39.10333; -84.82528

Ohio–Kentucky

Crossing	Carries	Location	Opened	Coordinates
Anderson Ferry		Delhi Township and Constance		39°04′26″N 84°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″N 84°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″N 84°31′21″W / 39.09139°N 84.52250°W / 39.09139; -84.52250
C&O Railroad Bridge	CSX Transportation Cincinnati Terminal	Cincinnati and Covington	1929	39°05′29″N 84°31′10″W / 39.09139°N 84.51944°W / 39.09139; -84.51944
Clay Wade Bailey Bridge	US 25 / US 42 / US 127	Cincinnati and Covington	1899, 1974	39°05′28″N 84°31′09″W / 39.09111°N 84.51917°W / 39.09111; -84.51917
John A. Roebling Suspension Bridge	KY 17	Cincinnati and Covington	1867	39°05′34″N 84°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″N 84°30′05″W / 39.09611°N 84.50139°W / 39.09611; -84.50139
Newport Southbank Bridge (Purple People Bridge)	Pedestrian	Cincinnati and Newport	1872, 1897	39°05′53″N 84°29′52″W / 39.09806°N 84.49778°W / 39.09806; -84.49778
Daniel Carter Beard Bridge	I-471	Cincinnati and Newport	1976	39°06′01″N 84°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″N 84°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″N 84°10′18″W / 38.79306°N 84.17167°W / 38.79306; -84.17167
Augusta Ferry		Lewis Township and Augusta		38°46′50″N 84°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″N 83°46′56″W / 38.68444°N 83.78222°W / 38.68444; -83.78222
Simon Kenton Memorial Bridge	US 62 Bus. / US 68 Bus.	Aberdeen and Maysville	1931	38°39′00″N 83°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″N 83°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″N 82°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″N 82°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″N 82°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″N 82°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″N 82°38′26″W / 38.48472°N 82.64056°W / 38.48472; -82.64056
Simeon Willis Memorial Bridge	SR 652 North	Coal Grove and Ashland	1985	38°29′02″N 82°38′25″W / 38.48389°N 82.64028°W / 38.48389; -82.64028

Ohio–West Virginia

Crossing	Carries	Location	Opened	Coordinates
Norfolk Southern Bridge	Norfolk Southern Railway	South Point and Kenova	1913	38°24′19″N 82°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″N 82°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″N 82°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″N 82°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″N 82°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″N 82°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″N 82°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″N 82°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″N 81°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	Belpre and Parkersburg	1871, 1905
Memorial Bridge		Belpre and Parkersburg	1954	39°17′00″N 81°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″N 81°26′52″W / 39.40833°N 81.44778°W / 39.40833; -81.44778
Marietta–Williamstown Interstate Bridge	I-77	Marietta and Williamstown	1967	39°24′11″N 81°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″N 81°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″N 80°51′48″W / 39.65917°N 80.86333°W / 39.65917; -80.86333
Hannibal Locks and Dam		Ohio Township and New Martinsville	1975
Moundsville Bridge	WV 2 Spur / SR 872	Mead Township and Moundsville	1986	39°54′48″N 80°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)		Bellaire and Benwood	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″N 80°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″N 80°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″N 80°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	Steubenville and Weirton	1990
Fort Steuben Bridge	SR 822	Steubenville and Weirton	1928 (demolished 2012)	40°22′47″N 80°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	East Liverpool and Chester	1897 (demolished 1969)
Jennings Randolph Bridge	US 30	East Liverpool and Chester	1977

Pennsylvania

Crossing	Carries	Location	Opened	Coordinates
Shippingport Bridge	PA 168	Shippingport and Midland	1964	40°37′37″N 80°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″N 80°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″N 80°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″N 80°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″N 80°16′02″W / 40.69222°N 80.26722°W / 40.69222; -80.26722
Ambridge–Aliquippa Bridge		Aliquippa and Ambridge	1926	40°35′32″N 80°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″N 80°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″N 80°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″N 80°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″N 80°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″N 80°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″N 80°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″N 80°02′35″W / 40.46278°N 80.04306°W / 40.46278; -80.04306
West End Bridge	US 19	Pittsburgh	1932	40°26′46″N 80°01′37″W / 40.44611°N 80.02694°W / 40.44611; -80.02694