Interstate 471

Interstate 471

Interstate 471 joins U.S. 27 and Interstate 275 south of Newport, Kentucky with Interstate 71 and U.S. 50 (Columbia Parkway) east of Downtown Cincinnati. The freeway spans the Ohio River on the Daniel Carter Beard Bridge, a steel tied-arch bridge.

Construction for Interstate 471 across the Ohio River was underway in 1971. Work on the freeway in Cincinnati was delayed when a section of Mt. Adams slid toward the construction site for I-471 in 1973. This resulted in added costs with both required property acquisition of damaged parcels and design and construction of a complex retaining wall to prevent further damage. Work on the wall started in 1980, three years after the Beard Bridge opened to traffic. It was completed along with the remainder of I-471 north to Interstate 71 in 1985.1

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References:

  1. "Holding Back Mt. Adams - Retaining Wall Needs Mending - Three Cables Have Lost Tension." Cincinnati Post, June 1, 1990.

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Page Updated Thursday September 22, 2016.