The John A. Roebling Suspension Bridge is an iconic Cincinnati feature, spanning 1,075 feet across the Ohio River. It was the longest bridge in the world when it was built in 1867 and utilized new ...

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Construction Administration Program Director John Parkinson celebrates Roebling's pivotal role in the construction of the Brooklyn Bridge and the continuing impact of women in the field.

The subsequent works of Mr. Roebling, were the bridge over the Alleghany River at Pittsburgh,—the most elegant suspension bridge probably in this continent; and the Ohio Bridge at Cincinnati ...