Black plaque № 46080

Roebling Suspension Bridge. First bridge to span Ohio River, connecting Kentucky and Ohio. John Augustus Roebling, engineer; Amos Shinkle, president of Covington-Cincinnati Bridge Co. The formal opening of this bridge was celebrated, January 1, 1867. A prototype for famed Brooklyn Bridge, the Suspen

sion Bridge remained open during tragic flood of 1937. Listed on National Register of Historic Places, 1975. — Riverside Dr. & Riverside Place, Covington, KY 17

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