Jeremiah Morrow Bridge
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The Jeremiah Morrow Bridge is the name for a pair of concrete box girder bridges built between 2010 and 2016<ref name=ODOT/> which carries Interstate 71 over the Little Miami River gorge between Fort Ancient and Oregonia, Ohio. The bridges are named for former Governor of Ohio Jeremiah Morrow.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> It is the tallest bridge in Ohio.
The bridges are 239 feet (73 m) above the river, making them the highest bridges in Ohio,<ref>Ohio DOT Web page Template:Webarchive</ref> and are Template:Convert long, Template:Convert wide, with Template:Convert main spans.<ref name=omnipro2/> The bridges each have two marked lanes with room for a third lane.<ref name=ODOT/>
The original Warren truss bridges<ref name="press_release">Template:Cite web</ref> at the same location were opened to traffic in 1965<ref name=omnipro/> and were continuous across five spans.<ref>Article about bridge inspection Template:Webarchive</ref> Both of the original spans were replaced beginning in 2010, with the completion of construction work marked with an official ribbon cutting ceremony held on November 18, 2016.<ref name=ODOT/><ref name=omnipro/>
The original bridges were approximately the same design and age as the I-35W Mississippi River bridge which collapsed in 2007.<ref name="press_release" /> Demolition of the original southbound bridge was largely completed on April 23, 2017.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> The original northbound bridge had been demolished in 2014 after one of the new bridges was complete.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
See also
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- List of bridges in the United States by height
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