Roebling Suspension Bridge

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The Roebling Suspension Bridge is a historic 19th-century suspension bridge over the Ohio River, renowned as the engineering precursor to New York’s Brooklyn Bridge.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historic landmark
road bridge
suspension bridge
alsoKnownAs Roebling Suspension Bridge
surface form: John A. Roebling Suspension Bridge
architecturalStyle 19th-century suspension bridge engineering
cableType wire rope cables
category Bridges over the Ohio River
Road bridges in Kentucky
Road bridges in Ohio
Suspension bridges in the United States
city Cincinnati
Covington, Kentucky
surface form: Covington
connects Cincinnati, Ohio, United States
surface form: Cincinnati, Ohio

Covington, Kentucky
constructionStart 1856
country United States of America
surface form: United States
crosses Ohio River
deckType roadway deck
designer John A. Roebling
hasTowers stone towers
heritageDesignation National Historic Landmark
National Register of Historic Places
surface form: National Register of Historic Places listing
influenced Brooklyn Bridge
length approximately 322 meters
locatedOn Ohio River
location between Cincinnati, Ohio and Covington, Kentucky
maintainedBy Kentucky Transportation Cabinet
material iron
stone
namedAfter John A. Roebling
notableFor being an engineering precursor to the Brooklyn Bridge
having one of the longest suspension spans in the world at the time of completion
opened 1867
openedToPedestrians 1866
openedToVehicles 1867
owner Kentucky Transportation Cabinet
partOf transportation network between Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky
precededBy construction of the Brooklyn Bridge
state Kentucky
Ohio
touristAttraction Cincinnati
Covington, Kentucky
surface form: Covington
traffic motor vehicles
pedestrians

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Cincinnati hasLandmark Roebling Suspension Bridge
Ohio County, West Virginia contains Roebling Suspension Bridge
this entity surface form: Wheeling Suspension Bridge
Covington, Kentucky hasLandmark Roebling Suspension Bridge
Newport on the Levee hasView Roebling Suspension Bridge
this entity surface form: John A. Roebling Suspension Bridge
Ohio–Kentucky border crossedBy Roebling Suspension Bridge
this entity surface form: John A. Roebling Suspension Bridge
Roebling Suspension Bridge alsoKnownAs Roebling Suspension Bridge
this entity surface form: John A. Roebling Suspension Bridge