The Jesse Stuart Memorial Bridge is a viaduct bridge on top of the Greenup Lock and Dam on the

Ohio River The Ohio River () is a river in the United States. It is located at the boundary of the Midwestern and Southern United States, flowing in a southwesterly direction from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, to its river mouth, mouth on the Mississippi Riv ...

. The bridge, named after author and

Greenup County, Kentucky Greenup County is a county located along the Ohio River in the northeastern part of the U.S. state of Kentucky. As of the 2020 census, the population was 35,962. The county was founded in 1803 and named in honor of Christopher Greenup. Its c ...

native

Jesse Stuart Jesse Hilton Stuart (August 8, 1906 – February 17, 1984) was an American writer, school teacher, and school administrator who is known for his short stories, poetry, and novels as well as non-fiction autobiographical works set in central Appa ...

, was completed in 1984 and carries

Kentucky Route 10 Kentucky Route 10 (KY 10) is a highway maintained by the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet (KYTC) that runs from Alexandria, Kentucky, Alexandria (a suburb of Cincinnati, Ohio) to the Jesse Stuart Memorial Bridge at Lloyd, Kentucky, Lloyd, rough ...

(unsigned) from the

AA Highway The AA Highway is a State highway (US), state highway maintained by the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet (KYTC) in the U.S. state of Kentucky. The mainline route parallels the Ohio River from Interstate 275 (Ohio–Indiana–Kentucky), Interstate ...

/ U.S. Route 23 intersection to the bridge itself, where it becomes State Route 253 to

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. The Ohio approach has a ramp to a

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operated by the

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. There is also a park on the Kentucky side of the bridge, which is open for fishing and recreation. This park is operated by the

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. Both facilities, and the bridge itself, were briefly closed after the

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due to terrorism concerns since they are all part of the Greenup Locks and Dam complex. They have since reopened; however, access to the observation platforms on both sides of the dam is no longer permitted.

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