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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| {{Jct|state=IL|US|51|US|60|US|62}} | 1937 | {{coord|36|59|39|N|89|08|45|W|region:US_type:landmark}} |
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| 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 | |
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| 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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| {{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 | |
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| {{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
| | Hamletsburg and Smithland | | {{coord|37.167394|N|88.425519|W|name=Smithland Locks and Dam}} |
| Lock and Dam No. 51
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| Elizabethtown Ferry
| {{Jct|state=KY|KY|297|noshield1=297}} | Elizabethtown and Tolu | | |
| Cave-in-Rock Ferry
| {{jct|state=IL|IL|1|KY|91}} | Cave-in-Rock and Ferry Shore | | |
| Lock and Dam No. 50
| | Cave-in-Rock and Ferry Shore | | |
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| {{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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| | Point Township and Uniontown | 1977 | {{coord|37.79276|N|87.99158|W|name=Uniontown Locks and Dam}} |
| Uniontown Ferry
| | Point Township and Uniontown | | |
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| Henderson Bridge (Ohio River) | 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 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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| {{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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| {{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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| {{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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| Ohio River | Troy Township and Skillman | 1966 | |
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| {{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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| {{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 | 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) | |New Albany and Louisville | 1830 | {{coord|38.278087|N|85.790408|W|name=McAlpine Locks and Dam}} |
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| 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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| {{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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| 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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| {{Jct|state=IN|US|421}} | 1929, 2014 | {{coord|38|43|47|N|85|22|12|W|region:US_type:landmark}} |
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| {{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
| |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
| | Aurora and Petersburg | | |
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| {{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
| | Delhi Township and Constance | | {{coord|39|04|26|N|84|37|30|W|region:US_type:landmark}} |
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| Cincinnati and Ludlow | 1877, 1922 | {{coord|39|05|54|N|84|32|31|W|region:US_type:landmark}} |
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|{{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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| 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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| {{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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| {{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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| {{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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| {{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 | | Washington Township and Willow Grove | 1964 | {{coord|38|47|35|N|84|10|18|W|region:US_type:landmark}} |
| Augusta Ferry
| | Lewis Township and Augusta | | |{{coord|38|46|50|N|84|0|39|W|region:US_type:landmark}} |
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| {{Jct|state=OH|US|62|US|68}} | 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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| {{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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| {{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 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) | | 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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| 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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| {{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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| | Clay Township and Gallipolis Ferry | 1937 | {{coord|38|40|54|N|82|11|04|W|region:US_type:landmark}} |
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| {{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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| Addison Township and Point Pleasant | 1885, 1919 | {{coord|38|50|46|N|82|08|29|W|region:US_type:landmark}} |
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| {{jct|state=WV|WV-Spur|62|OH|833}} | 2008 | {{coord|39|00|48|N|82|02|29|W|name=Pomeroy-Mason Bridge}} |
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| | Letart Township and Letart | 1971 | |
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| {{jct|state=OH|US|33}} | Lebanon Township and Ravenswood | 1981 | |
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| | Olive Township and Belleville | 1968 | |
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| Blennerhassett Island Bridge | {{jct|state=OH|US|50}} | 2008 | {{coord|39|16|36|N|81|38|49|W}} |
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| {{jct|state=OH|SR|32|WV|618}} | Belpre and Parkersburg | 1980 | |
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| CSX Transportation Marietta Subdivision | Belpre and Parkersburg | 1871, 1905 | |
| Memorial Bridge
| | Belpre and Parkersburg | 1954 | {{coord|39|17|00|N|81|33|47|W}} |
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| {{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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| | 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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| {{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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| | Ohio Township and New Martinsville | 1975 | |
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| {{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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| CSX Baltimore and Ohio Railroad line | 1870 | |
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| Bellaire Bridge (Closed, Demolition planned) | | Bellaire and Benwood | 1926 | |
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| Vietnam Veterans Memorial Bridge | {{jct|state=OH|I|470}} | 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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| {{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 | |
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| | 1963 | |
|Wellsburg Bridge
| | 2023 | {{coord|40|15|22|N|80|38|12|W}} |
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| 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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| {{jct|state=WV|WV-Spur|2}} | Steubenville and East Steubenville | 1905 | |
| Steubenville Railroad Bridge
| Steubenville and Weirton | | |
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| {{jct|state=OH|US|22}} | Steubenville and Weirton | 1990 | |
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| {{jct|state=OH|OH|822}} | Steubenville and Weirton | 1928 | {{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 | |
| East Liverpool Railroad Bridge (abandoned)
| Former Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad line | East Liverpool and Chester | 1897 | |
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| {{jct|state=OH|US|30}} | East Liverpool and Chester | 1977 | |
Pennsylvania
{{see also| List of bridges of Pittsburgh#Ohio River}}
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| {{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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| | Shippingport and Industry | 1936 | |
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| {{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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| CSX Transportation Pittsburgh Subdivision | 1910 | {{coord|40|41|35|N|80|17|27|W|region:US_type:landmark}} |
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| {{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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| | 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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| 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) | Coraopolis and Neville Township | 1995 | {{coord|40|30|58|N|80|09|07|W|region:US_type:landmark}} |
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| {{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 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}} |
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| 24px SR 3104 / 25px Blue Belt | McKees Rocks and Pittsburgh | 1931 | {{coord|40|28|38|N|80|02|54|W|region:US_type:landmark}} |
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| 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}} |
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| {{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.
See also
{{Portal|Transport|Engineering|United States|Illinois|Indiana|Ohio|Pennsylvania}}
- List of crossings of the Allegheny River
- List of crossings of the Cumberland River
- List of crossings of the Green River
- List of crossings of the Monongahela River
- List of crossings of the Tennessee River
- List of crossings of the Lower Mississippi River
- List of crossings of the Upper Mississippi River