Clay Wade Bailey Bridge

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 675 feet (206 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.

Clay Wade Bailey Bridge
Looking from Kentucky, the Clay Wade Bailey Bridge is the nearest bridge in the foreground.
Coordinates	39°5′28.0″N 84°31′9.5″W
Carries	3 lanes of US 25 / US 42 / US 127
Crosses	Ohio River
Locale	Covington, Kentucky and Cincinnati, Ohio
Maintained by	Kentucky Transportation Cabinet[1]
Characteristics
Design	Cantilever bridge
Longest span	675 feet (206 meters)
History
Construction cost	$13.5 million[2]
Opened	October 1974
Statistics
Daily traffic	12,200
Location

The bridge was named after a prominent political reporter for The Kentucky Post, Clay Wade Bailey;^[3][4] it is not a bailey bridge.

See also

• Transport portal
• Engineering portal
• United States portal
• Ohio portal
• List of crossings of the Ohio River