ไม่สามารถเล่นวิดีโอนี้
ขออภัยในความไม่สะดวก
The Western Hills Viaduct, Cincinnati, Ohio
ฝัง
- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 19 พ.ค. 2020
- www.HistoryInYourOwnBackyard.com
info@HistoryInYourOwnBackyard.com
812-623-5727
Built in 1932 to replace the Harrison Avenue Viaduct, the Western Hills Viaduct is the main artery on the west side of Cincinnati carrying traffic in and out of the downtown area. Showing it's age, the span is slated for replacement at some point in the future. In this video we view portions of the viaduct that most motorists never see in their daily travel over the span.
GPS Location: 39°07'29.2"N 84°32'25.2"W
Notice in the beginning around the 20 second mark, one of Cincinnati's pre-prohibitjon breweries, The Herencourt Brewery. It's the massive building that butts up against the entrance to the viaduct. Nice video. Well done..😁
You noticed!!!
Thanks. Always great stuff we know little about.
Glad you like it.
I actually live in a neighhborhood called Price Hill here in Cincinnati, Ohio and I'm a few minutes from Western Hills Viaduct.
I'm from price hill as well
@@sniper2k502 Which part? I stay on Grand Ave.
Hell yeah, I love the west side
You actually do? Wow!
Who Dey!!!! 513
I love the music, nice video! Driving it, you never get to enjoy it this way. Thank you!
Thank you very much for helping to preserve this wonderful bridge in history!!!
Beautiful!!! Great job Susie!!!🏗🏗🇺🇸🇺🇸
This one was a blast to film! Soo many hidden gems here. As always, Thank you for watching John.
Thank you , for the trip down memory lane. I've traveled that structure more time than I can count.
I remember sometime in the 1970s when it was re-done. We lived on State and our buddy Coleman got up early with his bicycle to be the first across.
Great channel love Cincinnati family been here over a hundred years
It is a great traditional industrial city! Proud of its history!
Exactly!
It's ashame this stately old bridge has been allowed to get Into such bad shape!
There were some things that we didn't show.. and sadly that makes your statement true, even in the stairwells. We climbed a few of them and once I got past being afraid, I was left rather heart quite broken.
Unfortunately Cincinnati is ran by a Democratic majority for decades and I have a loud this beautiful Tie from the west to the east to crumble
Just like the roads. Pretty sad. Tourists will refuse to stay or travel around if the roads/bridges are bad
I was ALWAYS scared driving and others driving me on that. Major phobia. I haven't been on it since 90's.
To date I hear travelers freaked out on our major bridges. Especially 71/75 one.
@@itwasfunwhileitlast8112
Dude... Political party has nothing to do with it. I'm sick n freaking tired of you dumb jack asses.
There's so much republican money in Ohio, if seek to call it THAT going on... Explains why CONSTANTLY doing construction on highways.... Too much money to spend..
. Yet neglect areas that NEED repairs and services.
It boils down to PROPERTY TAXES.
I grew up in Indian hill and Sycamore township. EXPENSIVE taxes most can't afford. It was rediculous to me to see constantly salt trucks with barely any snow.... Yet can't drive outside of area because their taxes aren't paying enough to help clear the roads enough.
Us ... We're staying home... Suburban.
Other areas... Folks going or returning home from work... Out on a date, need to buy food... Oh... Maybe in 2-4 hours we'll salt and shovel. But OH... These high pay taxes homesteads not leaving... We must salt n shovel every 1-2 hours.
You get what you pay for... Leaf pick up.... Repave roads often.
But my god ... Poor areas need help. The rich drive there too, you know for something.
Freaking forget it to visit Clifton or downtown..... Property taxes can't pay for crap to service roads.
You're a dumb ass risking to leave rich areas if not important/ a need to
Love your channel....it's kind of my backyard :), I'm on the east side. Yes they were talking about the viaduct on the radio just the other day. But just like the Brent Spence, it will no doubt be years before anything is done!
Hey, we rode this ride! 😉
Not sure if this is the feedback you're looking for, but this is one of the more enjoyable videos to watch that HIYOBy has put out thus far. Great new host and great HQ footage, would love it if you could balance this with the highly informative format you guys have used in the past. Keep it up! 😄
Thanks!
When the I 75/I71 bridge was closed for fire reconstruction. I drove my tractor up and down this road looking for a new on ramp to 75 south. Never knew it was something like this
Very interesting. Thanks !! 👍👍
Beyond due for a rebuild. I'm weary every time I cross over it
Cool. I drive by the exact spot she’s standing almost everyday for work. And I’m always worried about falling concrete and debris.
So from Dayton area and My partner and I worked for an ambulance service out of Cincinnati and we got sent down there to transport a patient from a Cinci hospital to a nursing home I think was in Clifton. The dispatcher gave us directions to take the western vydock. Yes spelling it that way. We drove around for hours looking for this road. At one point we pulled over put the patient in the front seat with the driver to see if she knew the way to her nursing home by the way she had the diagnosis of dementia ironically. Thats how frustrated we were. We Made numerous calls the dispatch who could only repeat the western vyduct. I had a huge headache my blood pressure was through the roof I know I was having a stroke my partner was crying we put the old lady back in the back again and we parked in a fast food lot and refused to move further we also said that we were going to take the patient back to the hospital where she came from if they didn’t send anybody from our company to lead us to The Road Named Western Vydock! They finally sent somebody and they took us right to the area that we had passed over 8000 times in the past 2 1/2 hours. I forget the name of the road now… was that Hopple street? But I know it was a major Cinci road. I was a paramedic for over 20 years and that is the most stressed I have ever been in my entire career is looking for that damn road! Stupid dispatcher knew we were from Dayton area should have realized we didn’t know that was a landmark area. Good riddance bridge!😂😂😂😂😂now I know was the Western Viaduct.
Yeeah the dispatcher should have given you directions or spelled out the name of the roadway.
I have to ask is it Hopple Street?
@@debclassyfied9723 yes, there is a Hopple Street Viaduct which is located about a mile or two north of the Western Hills Viaduct.
Great footage, Susie. Stay well.
Thank you for watching! Wishing good health.
The 6th street viaduct was torn down and replaced a few years ago it looked similar to this viaduct which unfortunately needs the same treatment its in such disrepair its gotta be completely replaced such a shame Cincinnati didn't find it necessary to preform any preventive maintenance
Cross it often to get into Clifton.
I work underneath the viaduct in the rail yard we go out of our way not to stand under it. You wouldn't want to see how much concrete falls off the pillars and the under side of the lower deck. Piles of broken concrete everywhere. Very sketchy.
Small world, I work at KAO next to the yard.
I’ve driven that viaduct literally hundreds of times. Seems like we don’t build and maintain infrastructure on a pace like before.
They really need to use the construction Roman's used.
Cross that everyday to go to work
I drive under that bridge every so often, & would love to have seen it back in it's heyday. Everyone drives by these things now, & there's not much foot traffic, but it'd be cool to see people back in the 50s traversing this area; all done up in suits, & trying to catch trains. A shame that Cincinnati's let a lot of it's historical areas go to ruin like this.
I agree.
February 2024: this is coordinated with the Brent Spence Bridge Corridor Project, which is currently in public hearings.
Thanks for the video, love the music, could you share the title and Artist??
The unfamiliar sections of this structure that showed roads or ramps closed off...I would love to know where they led to or connected up to. Does anyone know?
Bridge look like it needs some repairs DONE asap 😲
Would I be correct in assuming part of this viaduct was replaced in order to accommodate a right of way for the newer freeway?
I looked with Google Street View and Google Satellite View. The original style continues as far east as crossing over Spring Grove Avenue. A nice stately arch crosses Spring Grove. Then there's an abrupt change to steel I-beams crossing I-75 and on to Central Parkway. I imagine that, before the interstate, the original style continued all the way to Central Parkway.
Here's hoping that not too many fall through or drive off before they finish the new one.
I was born in Price Hill Cincinnati Ohio in 1953
2022 and they still haven't worked on it. I'm from Westwood Harrison and McHenry
Who made this super music?
Scary
Go inside procter and gamble Cincinnati ohio 452002 and take video of tide bottles blow molding machine
Part of history I don't think I will miss when it is gone. It does hone your focus and driving skills though.
All of the demolition money should instead become the structural stabilization and rehabilitation money. The replacement bridge should still be built for cars, but this 1930s viaduct should remain as a pedestrian and cyclist/multimodal bridge. It would be a mistake not see save it and realize its potential for continued use. It could even be similar to NYC's high line
Why spend hundreds of millions to have two bridges right next to each other in a crowded area, just to have a couple people walk across one every day?
@@tommyw.9424 Embodied energy. The bridge is already there. Guess how much it's going to cost to demolish it. Maybe spend a fraction of that money patching concrete and stabilizing it. Then if cars aren't the live load traveling across, the structural load is greatly decreased, ensuring its economic viability for another 100 years. Let it be a funnel to connect people bikes to the central parkway bike lanes and downtown. It'll attract people that view Fairmount as now not being car dependent, and can bike to their jobs downtown ...The new car bridge is happening. The demolition of the existing is senseless
@@ryanm3179 it would be a great preservation project and living history
Lol
At the 450 mark all I can think of is when I was sideswiped an was sent on a tailspin
I tried to correct it and unfuck myself but I slammed front end into a support beam holding up the upper deck which sent my truck spinning into oncoming track
where I was hit by a Nother car sending me back into a another support beam at that time three of my wheels were off I skid A cross the bridge to a stop
The bed of my truck was hanging off the divider
I nearly went off the edge and fell to the train tracks
I rolled out of the truck and instantly threw up got my bearings ran down to the car that I hit the person in there was fine when the police arrived I was hit with a ticket for failure to Control my vehicle
so Cincinnati
Price Hill🤣🤣🤣no comment
When you use public money for private business (stadiums) there's nothing left over for infrastructure...
Do yourself a favor and just dont cross that bridge coming out of downtown. You will be going to put your life at risk heading to price hill, and roads such as state Avenue, grand Avenue, and elberon Avenue to name a few. Westside cincy is a joke and you can thank the democratic mayors for that
Truth.
Agreed! I grew up on the westside and have no interest in living there ever again. Someday, the democrats will kill Hamilton County with all their crazy spending. Just ask anyone who lives in the county and pays a water/sewage bill! It's 3 times Butler and Clermont Counties for a similar house! Ridiculous!
Price Hill is no different than any other part of town, except the hookers are your buddies sister😭🤪🤣
That host ❤