The Brent Spence Bridge is the leftmost bridge viewed from the Kentucky side. The bridge was named for Kentucky's longest serving congressman at the time, Brent Spence, who served in the U.S. Congress for over thirty years before retiring in January 1963.

Nov 11, 2020 · Named after Kentucky’s longest-serving congressman at the time, the Brent Spence Bridge was completed in 1963. The Brent Spence Bridge was designed to handle 80,000 cars a day when it opened,...

Nov 11, 2020 · You should know: Brent Spence was a Kentucky congressman and early booster (circa 1941) of building what now is the Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport. Plans in 1947 and 1955...

Oct 12, 2020 · The Brent Spence Bridge was originally planned as a high-speed highway crossing of the Ohio River between Cincinnati, Ohio, and Kentucky. There were several different alignments considered, including one that would have been parallel to the Cincinnati Southern Bridge in Ludlow.

Brent Spence Bridge PID 75119 Phase I History Architecture Report Page vi December 2008 ABSTRACT This report presents the results of a Phase II History/Architecture Survey completed for two properties in Ohio for the Brent Spence Bridge …

May 6, 2006 · The Brent Spence Bridge, despite its relatively late 1963 construction date, still offers some details associated with older historic bridges and no longer used in modern bridge construction. This includes the use of rivets in built-up beams, and built-up beams with lattice in …

THE HIGH COST OF DELAY: The Ohio River’s Brent Spence Bridge in the Cincinnati area is a vital economic corridor. Not only does it carry thousands of vehicles daily across the Ohio– Kentucky border, the freight that crosses the bridge is equal to 3 percent of the nation’s GDP.

The Brent Spence Bridge opens to traffic after nearly three years of construction. It’s named for Congressman Brent Spence, a Democrat from Newport who served 31 years in the U.S. House. The $10 million project is the first new Ohio River bridge in Cincinnati since 1891.

Originally designed to carry 80,000 vehicles per day, the Brent Spence Bridge included just three lanes of traffic running on each of its two decks when it opened in 1963. It quickly became a critical component for both local and interstate traffic.

Historical Marker #1776 in Newport remembers the life and service of longtime U.S. Congressman Brent Spence. While many Cincinnati and northern Kentucky residents may recognize the name due to a local bridge being named for him, Brent Spence…