Roebling Bridge

ID: 2716
This file appears in: Roebling Suspension Bridge

The Roebling Bridge is visible in the background of this photograph of a steamboat fire. Courtesy of the Kentucky Historical Society.

This file appears in: Roebling Suspension Bridge

By McKenzie Martin
Historical Marker #1601 in Kenton County commemorates the Roebling Suspension Bridge, the first bridge to span the Ohio River. Opened to traffic on January 1, 1867, the bridge was the longest…