| U. S. Grant Bridge (current) | |
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 Current U. S. Grant Bridge carrying U. S. 23 over the Ohio River. |
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| Carries |  2 lanes of U.S. Route 23 |
| Crosses | Ohio River |
| Locale | Portsmouth, Ohio and South Shore, Kentucky |
| Maintained by | Ohio Department of Transportation |
| Design | Cable-stayed bridge |
| Longest span | 267 m (875 ft. US Route 23 is a long north-south US highway between Jacksonville Florida, and Mackinaw City Michigan. The Ohio River is the largest Tributary by volume of the Mississippi River. Portsmouth is a city in the US state of Ohio and the County seat of Scioto County. South Shore is a city in Greenup County, Kentucky, United States. The Ohio Department of Transportation ( ODOT) is the organization in charge of developing and maintaining all state and federal roadways in the state of Ohio with A ) |
| Total length | 657 m (2155 ft. ) |
| Opening date | October 16, 2006 at a cost of more than $28,434,495 |
The U. Events 456 - Magister militum Ricimer defeats the Emperor Avitus at Piacenza and becomes master of the western Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. S. Grant Bridge is the name of the two bridges that carry and have carried traffic on US Route 23 between Portsmouth, Ohio and South Shore, Kentucky across the Ohio River in the United States. US Route 23 is a long north-south US highway between Jacksonville Florida, and Mackinaw City Michigan. Portsmouth is a city in the US state of Ohio and the County seat of Scioto County. South Shore is a city in Greenup County, Kentucky, United States. The Ohio River is the largest Tributary by volume of the Mississippi River. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the The original bridge was closed and demolished in 2001 and its replacement opened on October 16, 2006. Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. Events 456 - Magister militum Ricimer defeats the Emperor Avitus at Piacenza and becomes master of the western Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar.
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Current U. S. Grant Bridge
Contracts for the new U. S. Grant Bridge were given in the spring of 2001. Construction was expected to be complete in June of 2004, but work fell behind schedule due to inclement weather, unusual flooding of the Ohio River, and the partial sinking of a floating construction barge which carried one of the cranes used to work on the center span of the bridge. The Ohio River is the largest Tributary by volume of the Mississippi River. The date of completion was moved to October 16, 2006.
In addition, many downtown business owners were upset over the delays and often criticized the construction company, C.J. Mahan Construction Company, for delays on days when it was sunny and the river levels were average. It should be noted that the bridge was critically underdesigned and not constructable until C. J. Mahan stopped construction and awaited a near complete redesign by the design consultant. Another complaint was that this is the first major bridge project the construction company that was awarded the construction contract has worked on. However, C. J. Mahan has constructed other large bridges in Ohio and West Virginia. Local business owners demanded that ODOT pay local businesses US$8 million dollars in lost profit. The Ohio Department of Transportation ( ODOT) is the organization in charge of developing and maintaining all state and federal roadways in the state of Ohio with The United States dollar ( sign: $; code: USD) is the unit of Currency of the United States; it has also been
Original U. S. Grant Bridge
| U. S. Grant Bridge (former) | |
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| Carries | 2 lanes of U.S. Route 23 |
| Crosses | Ohio River |
| Locale | Portsmouth, Ohio and South Shore, Kentucky |
| Maintained by | Ohio Department of Transportation |
| Design | Suspension bridge |
| Opening date | 1927 |
| Destruction date | 2001 |
| Toll | tolls dropped in 1974 |
The original U. US Route 23 is a long north-south US highway between Jacksonville Florida, and Mackinaw City Michigan. The Ohio River is the largest Tributary by volume of the Mississippi River. Portsmouth is a city in the US state of Ohio and the County seat of Scioto County. South Shore is a city in Greenup County, Kentucky, United States. The Ohio Department of Transportation ( ODOT) is the organization in charge of developing and maintaining all state and federal roadways in the state of Ohio with This article is concerned with a particular type of suspension bridge the suspended-deck type Year 1927 ( MCMXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. Year 1974 ( MCMLXXIV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the 1974 Gregorian calendar. S. Grant Bridge was a suspension bridge. This article is concerned with a particular type of suspension bridge the suspended-deck type The bridge opened to traffic as a toll bridge in 1927. A toll bridge is a Bridge over which Traffic may pass upon payment of a fee or toll. It wasn't until 1974 when the Ohio Department of Transportation bought the bridge from the Ohio Bridge Commission and removed the tolls. The Ohio Department of Transportation ( ODOT) is the organization in charge of developing and maintaining all state and federal roadways in the state of Ohio with The U. S. Grant Bridge was the only automobile bridge in Scioto County to cross the Ohio River which became a nightmare when the bridge closed for repairs in 1978 which then reopened in 1980. Scioto County is a County located in the south central region of the state of Ohio, United States at the confluence of the Scioto However, Scioto County would have more arteries to cross with the Jesse Stuart Memorial Bridge opened in 1984 and the Carl Perkins Bridge opened in 1988. The Jesse Stuart Memorial Bridge is a viaduct on top of the Greenup Locks and Dam. The Carl D Perkins Bridge is a Cantilever Bridge that spans the Ohio River between Portsmouth Ohio and Greenup County Kentucky
In 1992, ODOT initiated a long-range study to determine whether to continue to rehabilitate the existing bridge or construct a new span. ODOT had spent $9 million from 1977 to 1996 by the time the study was completed to rehabilitate portions of the bridge. According to the study, rehabilitating the span would add only 20 useful years to the suspension bridge before rehabilitation would need to occur again and would cost nearly $30 million. It was found not cost-efficient to continuously rehabilitate the suspension bridge when a new structure would be cheaper in the long-run. The bridge continued to age and once again closed from repairs in 1994.
On July 3, 2001, the original suspension bridge was permanently closed to traffic and the entire structure was torn down within a few months. Events 324 - Battle of Adrianople Constantine I defeats Licinius, who flees to Byzantium. Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar.
See also
External links
- U.S. Grant Bridge at Bridges & Tunnels. This is a list of Bridges and other crossings of the Ohio River from the Mississippi River at Cairo Illinois upstream to the split into the Allegheny
- U.S. Grant Bridge (Demolished) at Bridges & Tunnels.
- C.J. Mahan Construction Company, builders of the new U.S. Grant Bridge.
References
- "U. S. Grant Bridge Project Summary. " Ohio Department of Transportation. 17 March 2004 [1].