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An arched high-level bridge carries Highland Avenue across Interstate 471 between U.S. 27 and Kentucky 1892 in this scene. Photo taken 11/14/04. |
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Interstate 471 north enters the city of Newport at the Exit 3 ramp departure to Kentucky 1892 (Grand Avenue). Newport was platted in 1785 and named for British Explorer Captain Christopher Newport. The city is the oldest in Kentucky, incorporated in 1795. Photo taken 11/14/04. |
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Exit 3 partitions into direct ramps to Kentucky 1892 east and west. A couple shopping centers lies at the intersection of Carothers Road and Monmouth Street nearby. Photo taken 11/14/04. |
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Next in line for northbound travelers is the Exit 4 diamond interchange with Kentucky 1120 (Memorial Parkway). Photo taken 11/14/04. |
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Sinking toward the Ohio River, a few high rise buildings appear on the forthcoming foothills. Kentucky 1120 links Newport with Woodlawn and Bellevue to the east. The west end of the state highway occurs at Exit 191 of Interstate 75 in Covington. Photo taken 11/14/04. |
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Exit 4 ascends from Interstate 471 south to Kentucky 1120 (Memorial Parkway). Kentucky 1120 meanders east through south Bellevue and Fort Thomas before ending at U.S. 27. Memorial Parkway was built around 1953 along an old street car line. Photo taken 11/14/04. |
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Kentucky 8 straddles the Ohio River from downtown Newport to Bellevue, meeting Interstate 471 at the Exit 5 folded-diamond interchange. Photo taken 11/14/04. |
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Use Kentucky 8 (Dave Cowens Drive) west to 3rd Street (U.S. 27) for the Newport Aquarium and Newport on the Levee shopping and entertainment complex and Kentucky 8 (Fairfield Avenue) east for Port Bellevue. Photo taken 11/14/04. |
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Interstate 471 passes under a CSX Railroad bridge and then begins its ascent onto the Dan Beard Bridge approach. Exit 8 departs shortly as a long ramp to Dave Cowens Drive. The small sign in the background references Dayton, an Ohio river community east of Bellevue. Photo taken 11/14/04. |
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Exit 5 leaves Interstate 471 north for Kentucky 8. Exits 6A/B is the first Ohio interchange, and it connects with U.S. 50 (Fort Washington Way west / Columbia Parkway east) west to Interstate 75 by way of Interstate 71. Photo taken 11/14/04. |
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The Newport-Southbank Pedestrian Bridge comes into view to the west as Interstate 471 kinks westward onto the Dan Beard Bridge. Three off-ramps serve downtown Cincinnati north of the Ohio River. Photo taken 11/14/04. |
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Interstate 471 crosses the Ohio across the yellow Daniel Carter Beard Bridge. The span was added to the Interstate system in 1981 when Interstate 471 was designated, but the route was not fully completed until 1985 when ramps to Interstate 71 opened. Construction of the bridge occurred by 1977, but the bridge was only opened between access ramps at each end.1 Photo taken 11/14/04. |
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Northbound Interstate 471 carries four overall lanes. Exit 6A provides access to U.S. 50 (Columbia Parkway) east along the Ohio River and U.S. 50 (Fort Washington Way) west to Interstate 71 south and 3rd Street. 3rd Street parallels Interstate 71 near the stadiums for the Cincinnati Bengals and Cincinnati Reds. Photo taken 11/14/04. |
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Approaching the superstructure of the Dan Beard Bridge. The yellow color of the arch has earned the bridge the nickname "Big Mac" Bridge.1 Photo taken 11/14/04. |
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Entering the Buckeye State, Interstate 471 continues with four lanes and no shoulder. The span was restriped in 2000 to add an additional through lane in place of the shoulder.1 Photo taken 11/14/04. |
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Two lanes join Interstate 471 south from U.S. 50 (Fort Washington Way) east to form the overall four-lane southbound Dan Beard Bridge. The right-hand lane, which was the shoulder until a 2000-restriping, defaults onto Exit 5 for Kentucky 8 at the south end of the span. Photo taken 11/14/04. |
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Welcome to Kentucky sign bridge posted mid-span along the Dan Beard Bridge of Interstate 471 southbound. The bridge opened in 1977 between U.S. 50 and Kentucky 8. Kentucky 8 (Dave Cowens Drive) parallels the Ohio River from Washington Avenue and Newport on the Levee eastward into the city of Bellevue. Photo taken 11/14/04. |
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Leaving the superstructure of the Dan Beard Bridge of Interstate 471 south. Photo taken 11/14/04. |
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Exit 5 departs Interstate 471 south as a loop ramp to Park Avenue north to Kentucky 8 (Dave Cowens Drive). Kentucky 8 exists as a segmented route along the Ohio River from Kentucky 20 near Idlewild to U.S. 23 at South Portsmouth. Locally the route joins downtown Newport with central Bellevue. Photo taken 11/14/04. |
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Interstate 471 continues the descent from the Dan Beard Bridge into the Exit 4 diamond interchange with Kentucky 1120 (Memorial Parkway). Photo taken 11/14/04. |
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Exit 4 parts ways with Interstate 471 south at a CSX Railroad overpass. Kentucky 1020 follows 10th Street through Newport to a brief merge with U.S. 27 (Monmouth Street). Eastward the state highway loops through Bellevue and Fort Thomas. Photo taken 11/14/04. |
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Exit 3 follows quickly with Kentucky 1892 near a retail hub at U.S. 27 (Monmouth Street) and Carothers Road. Photo taken 11/14/04. |
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Kentucky 1892 begins at parallel U.S. 27 in south Newport and ventures east along Grand Avenue to Kentucky 1120 (Fort Thomas Avenue) in the city of Fort Thomas. Photo taken 11/14/04. |
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Interstate 471 enters Fort Thomas on the approach to U.S. 27 (Exit 2). U.S. 27 exits Newport for Southgate, meeting the freeway at a diamond interchange. Photo taken 11/14/04. |
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The right-hand lane gained from Exit 3 adds a fourth southbound lane for U.S. 27, as Interstate 471 passes under the arched Highland Avenue overpass. U.S. 27 heads east of the freeway to Fort Thomas and Highland Heights, meeting it again at its end south of Interstate 275. Photo taken 11/14/04. |
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A simple Interstate 275 one-mile sign advises motorists of Exit 1 antiquated stack interchange. Photo taken 11/14/04. |
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Exit 1A consists of a left-hand ramp onto Interstate 275 east to Forestville and Milford, Ohio. Exit 1B carries drivers onto Interstate 275 west to Erlanger and Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport. Photo taken 11/14/04. |
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Interstate 275's connection with Interstate 71 north to Columbus is featured on this Exit 1A overhead. Unsigned Kentucky 471 continues the freeway south 0.7 miles to junction U.S. 27 (Alexandria Pike). Photo taken 11/14/04. |
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Interstate 471 officially ends at the Interstate 275 junction, despite the freeway continuing a short distance southward. Interstate 275 west leads ten miles to Interstates 71 & 75 and east three miles to U.S. 52 east to New Richmond. Photo taken 11/14/04. |
Page Updated February 19, 2009.
