 In 1959, amid the success of the Greater Cincinnati Airport in Northern Kentucky, officials dropped plans to expand Blue Ash Airport and connect Cross County directly to the airport.The first leg of Cross County Highway, a stretch from Ridge Road to Galbraith Road, was built between 1957 and 1958 and cost $800,000.In 1965, a year after Hamilton County voters passed a one-mill tax levy for Cross County expansion, the highway was extended from Ridge Road east to Kenwood Road for $2.9 million.