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.
Image | Crossing | Carries | Location | Opened | Coordinates | |
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1937 | 36.9942°N -89.1458°W | |||||
Cairo and Wickliffe | 1889,1952 | 37.0231°N -89.1756°W | ||||
Olmsted Locks and Dam | Pulaski County, Illinois and Ballard County, Kentucky | 2018 | 37.1836°N -89.0639°W | |||
Lock and Dam Number 53 | 1929 demolished 2020 | |||||
Canadian National Railway (Illinois Central Railroad) | 1917 | 37.145°N -88.7419°W | ||||
1973 | 37.1333°N -88.6869°W | |||||
Lock and Dam Number 52 | Brookport and Paducah | 1929 demolished 2020 | ||||
Brookport and Paducah | 1929 | 37.1139°N -88.6292°W | ||||
37.1674°N -88.4255°W | ||||||
Lock and Dam No. 51 | ||||||
Lock and Dam No. 50 | Cave-in-Rock and Ferry Shore | |||||
1955 | 37.6911°N -88.1314°W |
Image | Crossing | Carries | Location | Opened | Coordinates | |
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1977 | 37.7928°N -87.9916°W | |||||
Point Township and Uniontown | ||||||
1932 | 37.8458°N -87.5964°W | |||||
Evansville and Henderson (crosses the river entirely within the state of Kentucky at this point) | 1932, 1965 | 37.9053°N -87.5506°W | ||||
Evansville and Henderson | N/A | 37.9053°N -87.5°W | ||||
1975 | 37.9294°N -87.3734°W | |||||
1940 | 37.7792°N -87.1092°W | |||||
2002 | 37.9008°N -87.0336°W | |||||
1966 | 37.9033°N -86.7442°W | |||||
Ohio River | 1966 | |||||
1966 | 38.0172°N -86.1969°W | |||||
1962 | 38.2789°N -85.8225°W | |||||
New Albany and Louisville | 1912 | 38.2825°N -85.8014°W | ||||
McAlpine Locks and Dam (Only to Shippingport Island, not all the way across river) | New Albany and Louisville(Falls of the Ohio) | 1830 | 38.2781°N -85.7904°W | |||
Fourteenth Street Bridge | Clarksville and Louisville | 1868, 1919 | 38.2681°N -85.7664°W | |||
(Pedestrian and automobile traffic) | Jeffersonville and Louisville | 1929 | 38.2636°N -85.7517°W | |||
Temporary ferry service due to closure of Sherman Minton Bridge; no longer used after the bridge reopened in February 2012. | Jeffersonville and Louisville | |||||
(southbound traffic) | Jeffersonville and Louisville | 1963 | 38.2644°N -85.7436°W | |||
(northbound traffic) | Jeffersonville and Louisville | 2015 | 38.2644°N -85.7433°W | |||
Pedestrian (Former Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway line) | Jeffersonville and Louisville | 1895, 1929 | 38.2661°N -85.7394°W | |||
Utica Township and Louisville | 2016 | 38.3433°N -85.6428°W | ||||
1929, 2014 | 38.7297°N -85.37°W | |||||
1964 | 38.7767°N -84.9644°W | |||||
Rising Sun Ferry | Rising Sun and Rabbit Hash | 2018 | 38.9581°N -84.8372°W | |||
Aurora–Petersburg Ferry - closed in 1978 | ||||||
1977 | 39.1033°N -84.8253°W |
Image | Crossing | Carries | Location | Opened | Coordinates | |
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39.0739°N -84.625°W | ||||||
1877, 1922 | 39.0983°N -84.5419°W | |||||
1963 | 39.0914°N -84.5225°W | |||||
Cincinnati and Covington | 1929 | 39.0914°N -84.5194°W | ||||
Cincinnati and Covington | 1899, 1974 | 39.0911°N -84.5192°W | ||||
Cincinnati and Covington | 1867 | 39.0928°N -84.51°W | ||||
1995 | 39.0961°N -84.5014°W | |||||
Newport Southbank Bridge (Purple People Bridge) | Pedestrian | Cincinnati and Newport | 1872, 1897 | 39.0981°N -84.4978°W | ||
Cincinnati and Newport | 1976 | 39.1003°N -84.4947°W | ||||
1979 | 39.0567°N -84.4314°W | |||||
Captain Anthony Meldahl Locks and Dam | 1964 | 38.7931°N -84.1717°W | ||||
38.7806°N -84.0108°W | ||||||
2000 | 38.6844°N -83.7822°W | |||||
Aberdeen and Maysville | 1931 | 38.65°N -83.7597°W | ||||
1988 | 38.7272°N -83.0175°W | |||||
2006 | 38.7275°N -82.9969°W | |||||
Sciotoville and Siloam (junction in) South Shore | 1916 | 38.7525°N -82.8853°W | ||||
Jesse Stuart Memorial Bridge over the Greenup Lock and Dam | 1984 | 38.6467°N -82.8583°W | ||||
2016 | 38.5256°N -82.6853°W | |||||
South | 1932 | 38.4847°N -82.6406°W | ||||
North | Coal Grove and Ashland | 1985 | 38.4839°N -82.6403°W | |||
Image | Crossing | Carries | Location | Opened | Coordinates | |
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1964 | 40.6269°N -80.4322°W | |||||
Montgomery Locks and Dam | 1936 | |||||
1968 | 40.6792°N -80.3314°W | |||||
1910 | 40.6931°N -80.2908°W | |||||
1986 | 40.6964°N -80.2825°W | |||||
1959 | 40.6922°N -80.2672°W | |||||
1926 | 40.5922°N -80.2364°W | |||||
Dashields Locks and Dam | ||||||
1981 | 40.5331°N -80.1875°W | |||||
Coraopolis Bridge (crosses back channel only) | 1995 | 40.5161°N -80.1519°W | ||||
1976 | 40.5156°N -80.1342°W | |||||
Emsworth Locks and Dam | Emsworth and Neville Township | 1938 | ||||
PC&Y Railroad Bridge (crosses back channel only) | Stowe Township and Neville Township | 1894 | 40.492°N -80.082°W | |||
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 | 40.4911°N -80.08°W | ||
1931 | 40.4772°N -80.0483°W | |||||
Pittsburgh | 1915 | 40.4628°N -80.0431°W | ||||
Pittsburgh | 1932 | 40.4461°N -80.0269°W | ||||
The source of the Ohio River is at the confluence of the Allegheny River and the Monongahela River (40.4419°N -80.0139°W) at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.