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The Augusta Ferry is one of four passenger ferry services that cross the Ohio River into the
U.S. state In the United States, a state is a constituent political entity, of which there are 50. Bound together in a political union, each state holds governmental jurisdiction over a separate and defined geographic territory where it shares its sove ...
of
Kentucky Kentucky ( , ), officially the Commonwealth of Kentucky, is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States and one of the states of the Upper South. It borders Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio to the north; West Virginia and Virgini ...
. It is operated by the Augusta Ferry Authority, and been in continuous operation since 1797 when the ferry was hand-propelled by John Boude. It connects the communities of
Higginsport, Ohio Higginsport is a village in Lewis Township, Brown County, Ohio, United States, along the Ohio River. The population was 251 at the 2010 census. History Col. Robert Higgins was a Revolutionary War officer who had received of land in Brown C ...
and
Augusta, Kentucky Augusta is a home rule-class city in Bracken County, Kentucky, in the United States. It is sited upon the southern bank of the Ohio River. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 1,190. When Bracken County was organized in 1796, Augusta wa ...
, and is the only public river crossing available between the Combs-Hehl Bridge at
Cincinnati, Ohio Cincinnati ( ) is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Hamilton County. Settled in 1788, the city is located at the northern side of the confluence of the Licking and Ohio rivers, the latter of which marks the state lin ...
and the William H. Harsha Bridge at
Maysville, Kentucky Maysville is a list of Kentucky cities, home rule-class city in Mason County, Kentucky, Mason County, Kentucky, United States and is the county seat, seat of Mason County. The population was 8,782 as of 2019, making it the 51st-largest city in Ke ...
.


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List of crossings of the Ohio River This is a complete list of current bridges and other crossings of the Ohio River from the mouth at the Mississippi River at Cairo, Illinois to the confluence of the Allegheny River, Allegheny and Monongahela Rivers at Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsy ...


References

{{reflist Transportation in Bracken County, Kentucky Ferries of Ohio Ferries of Kentucky Crossings of the Ohio River Transportation in Brown County, Ohio Augusta, Kentucky