I-471 crosses the Ohio River using the Daniel Carter Beard Bridge, a Cincinnati landmark.

In effect, this connection would have provided for an alternative to I-71, creating an inner loop system that would span both Ohio and Kentucky.

Since this freeway would have hugged the southern riverfront, I-471 would have prevented access to the Ohio River from Kentucky.

By 1967, the freeway was planned for a new alignment, much like the one seen today, connecting Cincinnati, Ohio, with Newport, Kentucky.

The bridge between Newport and Cincinnati was constructed between November 1971 and September 1976 and named after Covington native Daniel Carter Beard, the founder of the Boy Scouts of America.