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When I saw the movie Kate & Leopold I said "hey, there's the Roebling bridge". Okay, so it was A Roebling Bridge not THE Roebling Bridge.
This is John Roebling's precursor to the Brooklyn Bridge. Ours was built in 1866 while the Brooklyn Bridge in NYC was built in 1883 and until the latter was completed Cincinnati held the longest bridge in the world! Locals refer to it as the "Suspension Bridge" or the "Blue Bridge" for obvious reasons.
This bridge is yet another reason why film companies like to film movies in Cincinnati. This bridge, our PNC Bank building & the Carew Tower are all buildings that have similar counterparts in NYC & our majestic skyline is certainly a fine substitue for theirs!
Movies filmed in Cincinnati set in NYC:
Gloria starring Sharon Stone & George C. Scott
A Rage in Harlem starring Forest Whitaker & Gregory Hines
The Public Eye starring Joe Pesci
Lost in Yonkers starring Richard Dreyfuss
But one of our proudest films is Rain Man, starring Dustin Hoffman & Tom Cruise, which garnered Best Actor in a Leading Role for Hoffman (his 2nd Oscar), Best Director for Barry Levinson, Best Picture for Mark Johnson, & Best Writing/Original Screenplay for Ronald Bass & Barry Morrow! It was also nominated for Best Art Direction/Set Direction, Best Cinematography, Best Film Editing, and Best Music/Original Score.
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The Bridge is named after John Roebling who designed it. At one time this was the largest suspension bridge in the world.
It is now the 70th longest bridge in the world. It was completed in 1866. It's span is 1057 feet long over the Ohio River.
I also noticed that it looks alot like the Chain Bridge over the Danube in Budapest, built only 15 years earlier.
This was his "practice bridge", he went from here to build the more famous Brooklyn Bridge. Leave a Comment
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 John A. Roebling Suspension
Bridge by Stephen-KarenConn
The designer and builder of the bridge, John A. Roebling, used the Cincinnati bridge as his prototype when he later built the longer and more famous Brooklyn Bridge, which opened in 1883 in New York City. The Cincinnati and Covington Bridge was renamed for its designer in 1984.
Several newer and more modern bridges now span the Ohio River in and around Cincinnati, and the Roebling Bridge carries much less traffic than the others. That's good, because I consider a walk across the old Suspension Bridge a must to fully experience Cincinnati. A wide walkway goes along either side of the bridge and on a recent Saturday I walked across on one side and back on the other. There were a few folk who had put their lawn chairs up near the center of the walkway and were enjoying an afternoon in the sun while they watched the river traffic below. Leave a Comment
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