Clay Wade Bailey Bridge

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|bridge_name=Clay Wade Bailey Bridge

|image=Clay Wade Bailey Bridge 2018b.jpg

|image_size=300px

|caption=Looking from Kentucky, the Clay Wade Bailey Bridge is the nearest bridge in the foreground.

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|carries= 3 lanes of {{jct|country=USA|US|25|US|42|US|127}}

|crosses= Ohio River

|locale= Covington, Kentucky and Cincinnati, Ohio

|maint= Kentucky Transportation Cabinet{{cite web | url=https://maps.kytc.ky.gov/bridgedataminer/ | title=ArcGIS Web Application }}

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|design= Cantilever bridge

|mainspan= {{convert|675|ft|m|abbr=off|sp=us}}

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|traffic= 12,200

|cost= $13.5 million

{{cite news |last1=Watkins |first1= Steve|last2=Fasig|first2= Lisa Biank|last3=May|first3=Lucy|last4=Baverman|first4=Laura|last5= Ritchie |first5=James|last6= Monk |first6= Dan |last7= Tortora |first7= Andrea |date=7 May 2007 |title= Bridge forces push forward, pull together |url=https://www.bizjournals.com/cincinnati/stories/2007/05/07/focus3.html?page=all |work=Cincinnati Business Courier |location= |access-date= 25 Jun 2022}}

|open= October 1974

|closed=

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|coordinates={{coord|39|5|28.0|N|84|31|9.5|W|type:landmark|display=title,inline}}

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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. It also carries U.S. Route 25, the northern terminus of which is the Ohio state line, at the historic low-water mark of the Ohio River. The bridge's main span is {{convert|675|ft|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;{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4e7XLGfekD8C&q=bridge+cincinnati&pg=PA21 | title=Insiders' Guide to Cincinnati | publisher=Globe Pequot | date=November 18, 2008 | accessdate=23 October 2013 | author=Winternitz, Felix | pages=21| isbn=9780762748655 }}{{cite news|title=Some little-known facts about the Cincinnati Post|first=Mike|last=Rutledge|work=The Cincinnati Enquirer|publisher=Gannett Company|date=December 30, 2007|accessdate=November 24, 2014|url=https://archive.cincinnati.com/article/20071230/NEWS01/712300306/Some-little-known-facts-about-Cincinnati-Post}} it is not a bailey bridge.