National Historic Landmark · Covington, Kentucky

Covington and Cincinnati Suspension Bridge

A listed structure in Covington, Kentucky, built 1867. Added to the National Register in 1975, and a National Historic Landmark.

Covington and Cincinnati Suspension Bridge
Photo via Wikimedia Commons

The record

National Register of Historic Places
Property typeStructure
AddressSpans Ohio River between Covington, KY and Cincinnati, OH, Covington, KY
CountyKenton County
ListedMay 15, 1975
Reference number75000786
Built1867
ArchitectJohn Augustus Roebling
DesignationsNational Historic Landmark, Historic Civil Engineering Landmark
Contributing resources1 structures

The nomination form, the document that argues why this place matters, is in the National Archives: Read the nomination ↗

Listing on the Register does not open the door. Unless a museum or park runs it, treat this as private property and see it from the sidewalk.

Where it is

StreetSpans Ohio River between Covington, KY and Cincinnati, OH
Coordinates39.09232, -84.50951 · Directions ↗

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Why you would stay

Reference

Exists because it is true

Sources

Location, dates, type and contributing counts come from the National Park Service's National Register spatial data. Construction date, architect, style, photograph and encyclopedia link come from Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons, matched on reference number 75000786. Nothing here is transcribed by hand.