When an existing suspension bridge could not safely handle heavily loaded trucks, the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet opted to replace it with a 2,330 feet long bridge over the Ohio River, connecting Maysville, KY, to Aberdeen, Ohio. The William H. Harsha Bridge uses a VSL Monstrand Stay Cable System. It is the first cable-stayed bridge in the U.S. to use co-extruded stay pipe and strand-by-strand installation.

VSL's scope of work included stay testing, design and manufacturing and shop prefabricatin of anchors. VSL also prvided stay installation equipment, stressing equipment and technical assistance for the stay installation.

The 1,050 foot main span superstructure is made up of steel edge girders, transverse floor beams and precast deck panels.

The Harsha Bridge consists of two cast-in-place pylons rising 305 feet above the water line. There are a total of 80 stays ranging in size from 24 to 43 strands. Anchor piers and approach spans were constructed concurrently with the pylons. The structural steel edge dirders are 66 inches and 84 inches high.

The unique stay pipe design mitigates the problem of wind gallop under certain weather conditions. The co-extruded high density polyethylene pipe has a brilliant white outer layer, eliminating the need for tape wrap. To break up air flow, the outer layer of the pipe has a small spiral bead. In addition, stay damping cables were connected between the stay cables with soft neoprene collars to further dampen wind and rain induced vibrations.