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

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| Cairo Ohio River Bridge

| {{Jct|state=IL|US|51|US|60|US|62}}

| Cairo and Wickliffe

| 1937

| {{coord|36|59|39|N|89|08|45|W|region:US_type:landmark}}

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| Cairo Rail Bridge

| Canadian National Railway

| Cairo and Wickliffe

| 1889,1952

| {{coord|37|01|23|N|89|10|32|W|region:US_type:landmark}}

| Olmsted Locks and Dam

|

| Pulaski County, Illinois and Ballard County, Kentucky

| 2018

| {{coord|37|11|01|N|89|03|50|W|region:US_type:landmark}}

| Lock and Dam Number 53

|

| Chestnut Hills Nature Preserve and Monkey's Eyebrow

| 1929
demolished 2020

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| Metropolis Bridge

| Canadian National Railway (Illinois Central Railroad)

| Metropolis and West Paducah

| 1917

| {{coord|37|08|42|N|88|44|31|W|region:US_type:landmark}}

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| Interstate 24 Bridge

| {{Jct|state=IL|I|24}}

| Metropolis and Paducah

| 1973

| {{coord|37|08|00|N|88|41|13|W|region:US_type:landmark}}

| Lock and Dam Number 52

|

| Brookport and Paducah

| 1929
demolished 2020

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| Brookport Bridge

| {{Jct|state=IL|US|45}}

| Brookport and Paducah

| 1929

| {{coord|37|06|50|N|88|37|45|W|region:US_type:landmark}}

| Smithland Locks and Dam

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| Hamletsburg and Smithland

|

| {{coord|37.167394|N|88.425519|W|name=Smithland Locks and Dam}}

| Lock and Dam No. 51

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|Golconda and Joy

|

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| Elizabethtown Ferry

| {{Jct|state=KY|KY|297|noshield1=297}}

| Elizabethtown and Tolu

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| Cave-in-Rock Ferry

| {{jct|state=IL|IL|1|KY|91}}

| Cave-in-Rock and Ferry Shore

|

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| Lock and Dam No. 50

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| Cave-in-Rock and Ferry Shore

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| Shawneetown Bridge

| {{jct|state=IL|IL|13|KY|56}}

| Old Shawneetown and Spring Grove

| 1955

| {{coord|37|41|28|N|88|07|53|W|region:US_type:landmark|name=Shawneetown Bridge}}

Indiana–Kentucky

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| John T. Myers Locks and Dam

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| Point Township and Uniontown

| 1977

| {{coord|37.79276|N|87.99158|W|name=Uniontown Locks and Dam}}

| Uniontown Ferry

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| Point Township and Uniontown

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| Henderson Bridge (Ohio River)

| CSX Transportation

| Union Township and Henderson

| 1932

| {{coord|37|50|45|N|87|35|47|W|region:US_type:landmark}}

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| Bi-State Vietnam Gold Star Bridges

| {{Jct|state=IN|US|41}}

| Evansville and Henderson

(crosses the river entirely within the state of Kentucky at this point)

| 1932, 1965

| {{coord|37|54|19|N|87|33|02|W|region:US_type:landmark}}

| Proposed Interstate 69 Bridge

| {{Jct|state=IN|I|69}}

| Evansville and Henderson

| N/A

| {{coord|37|54|19|N|87|30|00|W|region:US_type:landmark}}

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| Newburgh Lock and Dam

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| Newburgh and Green River State Wildlife Area

| 1975

| {{coord|37.9294|N|87.3734|W|type:landmark_region:US|name=Newburgh Lock and Dam}}

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| Owensboro Bridge

| {{jct|state=IN|IN|161|KY|2262}}

| Ohio Township and Owensboro

| 1940

| {{coord|37|46|45|N|87|06|33|W|region:US_type:landmark}}

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| William H. Natcher Bridge

| {{Jct|state=IN|US|231}}

| Ohio Township and Maceo

| 2002

| {{coord|37|54|03|N|87|02|01|W|region:US_type:landmark}}

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| Lincoln Trail Bridge

| {{jct|state=IN|IN|237|KY|69}}

|Cannelton and Hawesville

| 1966

| {{coord|37|54|12|N|86|44|39|W|region:US_type:landmark}}

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| Cannelton Locks and Dam

| Ohio River

| Troy Township and Skillman

| 1966

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| Matthew E. Welsh Bridge

| {{jct|state=IN|IN|135|KY|313}}

| Mauckport and Brandenburg

| 1966

| {{coord|38|01|02|N|86|11|49|W|region:US_type:landmark}}

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| Sherman Minton Bridge

| {{Jct|state=IN|I|64|US|150}}

| New Albany and Louisville

| 1962

| {{coord|38|16|44|N|85|49|21|W|region:US_type:landmark}}

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| Kentucky & Indiana Terminal Bridge

| Norfolk Southern Railway

| New Albany and Louisville

| 1912

| {{coord|38|16|57|N|85|48|05|W|region:US_type:landmark|name=}}

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| McAlpine Locks and Dam (Only to Shippingport Island, not all the way across river)

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|New Albany and Louisville

(Falls of the Ohio)

| 1830

| {{coord|38.278087|N|85.790408|W|name=McAlpine Locks and Dam}}

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| Fourteenth Street Bridge

| Louisville and Indiana Railroad

| Clarksville and Louisville

| 1868, 1919

| {{coord|38|16|05|N|85|45|59|W|region:US_type:landmark}}

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| George Rogers Clark Memorial Bridge

| {{Jct|state=IN|US|31}} (Pedestrian and automobile traffic)

| Jeffersonville and Louisville

| 1929

| {{coord|38|15|49|N|85|45|06|W|region:US_type:landmark}}

| 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

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| John F. Kennedy Memorial Bridge

| {{Jct|state=IN|I|65}} (southbound traffic)

| Jeffersonville and Louisville

| 1963

| {{coord|38|15|52|N|85|44|37|W|region:US_type:landmark}}

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| Abraham Lincoln Bridge

| {{Jct|state=IN|I|65}} (northbound traffic)

| Jeffersonville and Louisville

| 2015

| {{coord|38|15|52|N|85|44|36|W|region:US_type:landmark}}

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| Big Four Bridge

| Pedestrian (Former Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway line)

| Jeffersonville and Louisville

| 1895, 1929

| {{coord|38|15|58|N|85|44|22|W|region:US_type:landmark}}

| Lewis and Clark Bridge

| {{Jct|state=IN|I|265|KY|841}}

| Utica Township and Louisville

| 2016

| {{coord|38|20|36|N|85|38|34|W|region:US_type:landmark}}

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| Milton–Madison Bridge

| {{Jct|state=IN|US|421}}

| Madison and Milton

| 1929, 2014

| {{coord|38|43|47|N|85|22|12|W|region:US_type:landmark}}

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| Markland Dam Bridge

| {{Jct|state=IN|SR|101|KY|1039}}

| York Township and Warsaw

| 1964

| {{coord|38|46|36|N|84|57|52|W|region:US_type:landmark}}

|Rising Sun Ferry

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|Rising Sun and Rabbit Hash

| 2018

|{{coord|38|57|29|N|84|50|14|W|region:US_type:landmark}}

| Aurora–Petersburg Ferry - closed in 1978

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| Aurora and Petersburg

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| Carroll Lee Cropper Bridge

| {{Jct|state=OH|I|275}}

| Lawrenceburg Township and West Petersburg

| 1977

| {{coord|39|06|12|N|84|49|31|W|region:US_type:landmark}}

Ohio–Kentucky

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| Anderson Ferry

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| Delhi Township and Constance

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| {{coord|39|04|26|N|84|37|30|W|region:US_type:landmark}}

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| Cincinnati Southern Bridge

| Norfolk Southern Railway

| Cincinnati and Ludlow

| 1877, 1922

| {{coord|39|05|54|N|84|32|31|W|region:US_type:landmark}}

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| Brent Spence Bridge

|{{Jct|state=OH|I|71|I|75}}

| Cincinnati and Covington

| 1963

| {{coord|39|05|29|N|84|31|21|W|region:US_type:landmark}}

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| C&O Railroad Bridge

| CSX Transportation Cincinnati Terminal

| Cincinnati and Covington

| 1929

| {{coord|39|05|29|N|84|31|10|W|region:US_type:landmark}}

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| Clay Wade Bailey Bridge

| {{Jct|state=OH|US|25|US|42|US|127}}

|Cincinnati and Covington

| 1899, 1974

| {{coord|39|05|28|N|84|31|09|W|region:US_type:landmark}}

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| John A. Roebling Suspension Bridge

| {{Jct|state=KY|KY|17}}

|Cincinnati and Covington

| 1867

| {{coord|39|05|34|N|84|30|36|W|region:US_type:landmark}}

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| Taylor–Southgate Bridge

| {{Jct|state=OH|US|27}}

| Cincinnati and Newport

| 1995

| {{coord|39|05|46|N|84|30|05|W|region:US_type:landmark}}

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| Newport Southbank Bridge (Purple People Bridge)

| Pedestrian

| Cincinnati and Newport

| 1872, 1897

| {{coord|39|05|53|N|84|29|52|W|region:US_type:landmark}}

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| Daniel Carter Beard Bridge

| {{Jct|state=OH|I|471}}

| Cincinnati and Newport

| 1976

| {{coord|39|06|01|N|84|29|41|W|region:US_type:landmark}}

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| Combs–Hehl Bridge

| {{Jct|state=OH|I|275}}

| Cincinnati and Highland Heights

| 1979

| {{coord|39|03|24|N|84|25|53|W|region:US_type:landmark}}

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| Captain Anthony Meldahl Locks and Dam

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| Washington Township and Willow Grove

| 1964

| {{coord|38|47|35|N|84|10|18|W|region:US_type:landmark}}

| Augusta Ferry

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| Lewis Township and Augusta

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| |{{coord|38|46|50|N|84|0|39|W|region:US_type:landmark}}

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| William H. Harsha Bridge

| {{Jct|state=OH|US|62|US|68}}

| Aberdeen and Maysville

| 2000

| {{coord|38|41|04|N|83|46|56|W|region:US_type:landmark}}

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| Simon Kenton Memorial Bridge

| {{Jct|state=KY|US-Bus|62|US-Bus|68|dab1=Maysville|dab2=Maysville}}

| Aberdeen and Maysville

| 1931

| {{coord|38|39|00|N|83|45|35|W|region:US_type:landmark}}

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| Carl Perkins Bridge

| {{Jct|state=OH|US-Truck|23|KY|8S|OH|852|dab1=Portsmouth}}

| Portsmouth and South Portsmouth

| 1988

| {{coord|38|43|38|N|83|01|03|W|region:US_type:landmark}}

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| U.S. Grant Bridge

| {{Jct|state=OH|US|23}}

| Portsmouth and South Shore

| 2006

| {{coord|38|43|39|N|82|59|49|W|region:US_type:landmark}}

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| Sciotoville Bridge

| CSX Transportation

| Sciotoville and Siloam (junction in) South Shore

| 1916

| {{coord|38|45|09|N|82|53|07|W|region:US_type:landmark}}

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| Jesse Stuart Memorial Bridge over the Greenup Lock and Dam

| {{jct|state=OH|SR|253}}

| Green Township, and Lloyd

| 1984

| {{coord|38|38|48|N|82|51|30|W|region:US_type:landmark}}

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| Oakley C. Collins Memorial Bridge (New Ironton-Russell Bridge)

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| Ironton and Russell

| 2016

| {{coord|38|31|32|N|82|41|07|W|region:US_type:landmark}}

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| Ben Williamson Memorial Bridge

| {{jct|state=OH|SR|652}} South

| Coal Grove and Ashland

| 1932

| {{coord|38|29|05|N|82|38|26|W|region:US_type:landmark}}

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| Simeon Willis Memorial Bridge

| {{jct|state=OH|SR|652}} North

| Coal Grove and Ashland

| 1985

| {{coord|38|29|02|N|82|38|25|W|region:US_type:landmark}}

Ohio–West Virginia

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| Norfolk Southern Bridge

| Norfolk Southern Railway

| South Point and Kenova

| 1913

| {{coord|38|24|19|N|82|34|24|W|region:US_type:landmark}}

| West Huntington Bridge

| {{jct|state=OH|US|52}}

| Union Township and Huntington

| 1970

| {{coord|38|24|47|N|82|29|11|W|region:US_type:landmark}}

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| Robert C. Byrd Bridge

| {{jct|state=OH|SR|527|WV|527}}

| Chesapeake and Huntington

| 1994

| {{coord|38|25|28|N|82|27|05|W|region:US_type:landmark}}

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| Frank Gatski Memorial Bridge

| {{jct|state=OH|SR|775|WV|106}}

| Proctorville and Huntington

| 1985

| {{coord|38|26|01|N|82|23|23|W|region:US_type:landmark}}

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|Robert C. Byrd Lock and Dam

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| Clay Township and Gallipolis Ferry

| 1937

| {{coord|38|40|54|N|82|11|04|W|region:US_type:landmark}}

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| Silver Memorial Bridge

| {{jct|state=OH|US|35}}

| Addison Township and Henderson

| 1969

| {{coord|38|50|04|N|82|08|51|W|region:US_type:landmark}}

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| Point Pleasant Rail Bridge

| Norfolk Southern Railway

| Addison Township and Point Pleasant

| 1885, 1919

| {{coord|38|50|46|N|82|08|29|W|region:US_type:landmark}}

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| Pomeroy–Mason Bridge

| {{jct|state=WV|WV-Spur|62|OH|833}}

| Pomeroy and Mason

| 2008

| {{coord|39|00|48|N|82|02|29|W|name=Pomeroy-Mason Bridge}}

150px

| Racine Lock and Dam

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| Letart Township and Letart

| 1971

|

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| Ravenswood Bridge

| {{jct|state=OH|US|33}}

| Lebanon Township and Ravenswood

| 1981

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| Belleville Lock and Dam

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| Olive Township and Belleville

| 1968

|

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| Blennerhassett Island Bridge

| {{jct|state=OH|US|50}}

| Belpre and Lubeck

| 2008

| {{coord|39|16|36|N|81|38|49|W}}

150px

| Parkersburg–Belpre Bridge

| {{jct|state=OH|SR|32|WV|618}}

| Belpre and Parkersburg

| 1980

|

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| Parkersburg CSX Bridge

| CSX Transportation Marietta Subdivision

| Belpre and Parkersburg

| 1871, 1905

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| Memorial Bridge

|

| Belpre and Parkersburg

| 1954

| {{coord|39|17|00|N|81|33|47|W}}

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| Williamstown Bridge

| {{jct|state=OH|SR|60|WV|31}}

| Marietta and Williamstown

| 1992

| {{coord|39|24|30|N|81|26|52|W}}

| Marietta–Williamstown Interstate Bridge

| {{jct|state=OH|I|77}}

| Marietta and Williamstown

| 1967

| {{coord|39|24|11|N|81|25|52|W}}

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|Willow Island Lock and Dam

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| Newport Township and Eureka Island

| 1976

|

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| Hi Carpenter Memorial Bridge

| {{jct|state=OH|SR|807|WV|807}}

| Newport Township and St. Marys

| 1973

| {{coord|39|23|16|N|81|12|51|W}}

| Sistersville Ferry

|

| Jackson Township and Sistersville

|

|

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| New Martinsville Bridge

| {{jct|state=OH|SR|536|WV|7}}

| Ohio Township and New Martinsville

| 1961

| {{coord|39|39|33|N|80|51|48|W}}

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| Hannibal Locks and Dam

|

| Ohio Township and New Martinsville

| 1975

|

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| Moundsville Bridge

| {{jct|state=WV|WV-Spur|2|OH|872|nolink1=y}} West Virginia Department of Transportation: General Highway Map, Marshall County West Virginia, January 2004.

| Mead Township and Moundsville

| 1986

| {{coord|39|54|48|N|80|45|15|W}}

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| B & O Railroad Viaduct

| CSX Baltimore and Ohio Railroad line

| Bellaire and Benwood

| 1870

|

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| Bellaire Bridge (Closed, Demolition planned)

|

| Bellaire and Benwood

| 1926
(closed 1991)

|

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| Vietnam Veterans Memorial Bridge

| {{jct|state=OH|I|470}}

| Brookside and Wheeling

| 1985

|

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| Wheeling Suspension Bridge (crosses main channel only)

| {{jct|state=WV|WV|251}}

| Wheeling Island (WV) and Wheeling (crosses the main channel entirely within the state of West Virginia)

| 1849

| {{coord|40|04|13|N|80|43|38|W|name="Wheeling Suspension Bridge}}

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| Fort Henry Bridge

| {{jct|state=WV|I|70|US|40|US|250}}

| Bridgeport, Wheeling Island and Wheeling

| 1955

| {{coord|40|04|19|N|80|43|39|W|name=Fort Henry Bridge}}

| Military Order of the Purple Heart Bridge (crosses back channel only)

| {{jct|state=WV|US|40|US|250}}

| Bridgeport and Wheeling Island

| 1998

|

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| Aetnaville Bridge (crosses back channel only)

| Pedestrian

| Martin's Ferry and Wheeling Island

| 1891
(closed 1988)

|

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| Pike Island Locks and Dam

|

| Yorkville and Clearview

| 1963

|

|Wellsburg Bridge

|

| Wellsburg and Brilliant

| 2023

| {{coord|40|15|22|N|80|38|12|W}}

150px

| 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

|

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| Market Street Bridge

| {{jct|state=WV|WV-Spur|2}}

| Steubenville and East Steubenville

| 1905

|

| Steubenville Railroad Bridge

| Norfolk Southern Railway

| Steubenville and Weirton

|

|

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| Veterans Memorial Bridge

| {{jct|state=OH|US|22}}

| Steubenville and Weirton

| 1990

|

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| Fort Steuben Bridge

| {{jct|state=OH|OH|822}}

| Steubenville and Weirton

| 1928
(demolished 2012)

| {{coord|40.379824|N|80.613289|W|name=Fort Steuben Bridge}}

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| 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)

|

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| Jennings Randolph Bridge

| {{jct|state=OH|US|30}}

| East Liverpool and Chester

| 1977

|

Pennsylvania

{{see also| List of bridges of Pittsburgh#Ohio River}}

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| Shippingport Bridge

| {{jct|state=PA|PA|168}}

| Shippingport and Midland

| 1964

| |{{coord|40|37|37|N|80|25|56|W|region:US_type:landmark}}

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| Montgomery Locks and Dam

|

| Shippingport and Industry

| 1936

|

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| Vanport Bridge

| {{jct|state=PA|I|376}}

| Potter Township and Vanport Township

| 1968

| {{coord|40|40|45|N|80|19|53|W|region:US_type:landmark}}

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| Beaver Bridge

| CSX Transportation Pittsburgh Subdivision

| Monaca and Beaver

| 1910

| {{coord|40|41|35|N|80|17|27|W|region:US_type:landmark}}

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| Rochester–Monaca Bridge

| {{jct|state=PA|PA|18}}

| Monaca and Rochester

| 1986

| {{coord|40|41|47|N|80|16|57|W|region:US_type:landmark}}

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| Monaca–East Rochester Bridge

| {{jct|state=PA|PA|51}}

| Monaca and East Rochester

| 1959

| {{coord|40|41|32|N|80|16|02|W|region:US_type:landmark}}

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| Ambridge–Aliquippa Bridge

|

| Aliquippa and Ambridge

| 1926

| {{coord|40|35|32|N|80|14|11|W|region:US_type:landmark}}

| Dashields Locks and Dam

|

| Moon Township and Edgeworth

|

|

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| Sewickley Bridge

| 25px Orange Belt

| Moon Township and Sewickley

| 1981

| {{coord|40|31|59|N|80|11|15|W|region:US_type:landmark}}

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| Coraopolis Bridge (crosses back channel only)

| 25px Yellow Belt

| Coraopolis and Neville Township

| 1995

| {{coord|40|30|58|N|80|09|07|W|region:US_type:landmark}}

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| Neville Island Bridge

| {{jct|state=PA|I|79}}

| Robinson Township, Neville Township, and Glenfield

| 1976

| {{coord|40|30|56|N|80|08|03|W|region:US_type:landmark}}

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| Emsworth Locks and Dam

|

| Emsworth and Neville Township

| 1938

|

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| PC&Y Railroad Bridge (crosses back channel only)

| Pittsburgh and Ohio Central Railroad

| Stowe Township and Neville Township

| 1894

| {{coord|40|29|31.16|N|80|04|55.28|W|region:US_type:landmark}}

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| 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

| {{coord|40|29|28|N|80|04|48|W|region:US_type:landmark}}

150px

| McKees Rocks Bridge

| 24px SR 3104 / 25px Blue Belt

| McKees Rocks and Pittsburgh

| 1931

| {{coord|40|28|38|N|80|02|54|W|region:US_type:landmark}}

150px

| Ohio Connecting Railroad Bridge

| Norfolk Southern Railway Fort Wayne Line

| Pittsburgh

| 1915

| {{coord|40|27|46|N|80|02|35|W|region:US_type:landmark}}

150px

| West End Bridge

| {{jct|state=PA|US|19}}

| Pittsburgh

| 1932

| {{coord|40|26|46|N|80|01|37|W|region:US_type:landmark}}

The source of the Ohio River is at the confluence of the Allegheny River and the Monongahela River ({{coord|40|26|31|N|80|00|50|W|region:US_type:landmark}}) at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

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