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South Big Wheeling Creek Road Bridge
HSR

Rough Distance: 0 Miles (0 Kilometers)

Big Wheeling Creek Road (CR-5) Over Big Wheeling Creek in Rural: Marshall County, West Virginia, United States

Metal 13 Panel Pin-Connected Whipple (Double-Intersection Pratt) Through Truss, Fixed

Length: 206 ft. Main Span: 202 ft. Roadway: 17.7 ft. Main Spans: 1

Built 1882 By: Wrought Iron Bridge Company of Canton, Ohio

This Whipple truss has been bypassed by a new bridge, but was thankfully allowed to stand next to its replacement.

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North Big Wheeling Creek Road Bridge
Rude Bridge
HSR

Rough Distance: 1.2 Miles (1.9 Kilometers)

Big Wheeling Creek Road (CR-5) Over Big Wheeling Creek in Rural: Marshall County, West Virginia, United States

Metal 12 Panel Pin-Connected Whipple (Double-Intersection Pratt) Through Truss, Fixed and Approach Spans: Metal Through Girder, Fixed

Length: 215 ft. Main Span: 170 ft. Roadway: 12.5 ft. Main Spans: 1

Built 1896 By: Wrought Iron Bridge Company of Canton, Ohio

This Whipple truss is a rare example of a pin-connected highway truss with a skew.

Evelyn Avenue Bridge
HSR

Rough Distance: 4.5 Miles (7.3 Kilometers)

Evelyn Avenue (WV-88) Over Big Wheeling Creek in Elm Grove: Ohio County, West Virginia, United States

Metal Stringer (Multi-Beam), Fixed

Length: 227 ft. Main Span: 110 ft. Roadway: 39.4 ft. Main Spans: 2

Built 1948 By: Unknown

A standard plan stringer of decent length located near the Elm Grove Stone Bridge.

Elm Grove Stone Bridge
Monument Place Bridge
HSR

Rough Distance: 4.6 Miles (7.3 Kilometers)

US-40 (Historic National Road) Over Little Wheeling Creek in Elm Grove: Ohio County, West Virginia, United States

Stone Elliptical Deck Arch, Fixed

Length: 194 ft. Main Span: 38 ft. Roadway: 37.4 ft. Main Spans: 3

Built 1817 By: Moses Shepherd

The oldest bridge in the state, this bridge features elliptical arches and is connected to prominent American history figures.

Calis Majorsville Road Bridge
Warton Hill Road Bridge
HSR

Rough Distance: 6.9 Miles (11.1 Kilometers)

Calis Majorsville Road (CR-26-1) Over Whetstone Run in Rural: Marshall County, West Virginia, United States

Concrete Closed Spandrel Deck Arch, Fixed

Length: 36 ft. Main Span: 34 ft. Roadway: 15.7 ft. Main Spans: 1

Built 1928 By: Luten Bridge Company of York, Pennsylvania

This small arch bridge is noted as a Luten bridge design.

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Day Road Bridge
Majorsville Road Bridge
HSR

Rough Distance: 7.1 Miles (11.5 Kilometers)

Majorsville Road (Day Road, PA-3001) Over Enlow Fork Wheeling Creek in Rural: Greene County, Pennsylvania, United States

Metal 6 Panel Pin-Connected Pratt Through Truss, Fixed

Length: 104 ft. Main Span: 102 ft. Roadway: 14.8 ft. Main Spans: 1

Built 1901 By: Unknown

This beautiful historic bridge still stands in defiance of the industrial activity that has destroyed the surrounding natural landscape.

Benwood Bridge
Bellaire Railroad Bridge, Great Stone Viaduct
HSR

Rough Distance: 7.1 Miles (11.5 Kilometers)

Railroad (Baltimore and Ohio) Over Ohio River in Bellaire and Benwood: Belmont County, Ohio and Marshall County, West Virginia, United States

Metal 11 Panel Pin-Connected Parker Through Truss, Fixed and Approach Spans: Stone Semicircular Deck Arch, Fixed

Length: 5,808 ft. Main Span: 348 ft. Main Spans: 6

Built 1905 By: American Bridge Company of New York, New York and John Edwin Greiner (J. E. Greiner Company of Baltimore, Maryland and Chicago, Illinois)

An impressive structure that also features a very long 1872 stone arch approach system known as the Great Stone Viaduct.

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Bellaire Bridge
Interstate Bridge
HSR

Rough Distance: 7.2 Miles (11.5 Kilometers)

8th Street Over Ohio River in Bellaire and Benwood: Belmont County, Ohio and Marshall County, West Virginia, United States

Metal Cantilever Rivet-Connected Baltimore Through Truss, Fixed and Approach Spans: Metal Deck Girder, Fixed

Length: 2,100 ft. Main Span: 700 ft. Main Spans: 3

Built 1926 By: Mount Vernon Bridge Company of Mount Vernon, Ohio and John Edwin Greiner (J. E. Greiner Company of Baltimore, Maryland and Chicago, Illinois)

One of the greatest and oldest cantilever bridges on the Ohio is about to be demolished, a serious crime against history.

Hempfield Viaduct
HSR

Rough Distance: 7.8 Miles (12.6 Kilometers)

Railroad (Wheeling Heritage Rail-Trail) Over Wheeling Creek in Wheeling: Ohio County, West Virginia, United States

Stone Semicircular Deck Arch, Fixed and Approach Spans: Metal Girder, Fixed

Length: 336 ft. Main Span: 51 ft. Main Spans: 5

Built 1857 By: Unknown and Charles Ellet

This large and very old stone arch bridge is noted for its curved design and for leading directly into an equally impressive tunnel.

Main Street Bridge
Wheeling Stone Arch Bridge
HSR

Rough Distance: 7.9 Miles (12.8 Kilometers)

Main Street (CR-18, WV-2) Over Wheeling Creek in Wheeling: Ohio County, West Virginia, United States

Stone Segmental Deck Arch, Fixed

Length: 233 ft. Main Span: 159 ft. Roadway: 30.2 ft. Main Spans: 1

Built 1892 By: Paige, Carey and Company of New York, New York and F. L. Hoge and A. L. White

This handsome stone arch bridge is noted for its lack of alteration and impressive span length.

Wheeling Creek Railroad Bridges
HSR

Rough Distance: 8 Miles (12.8 Kilometers)

Railroad (Abandoned) Over Wheeling Creek in Wheeling: Ohio County, West Virginia, United States

Metal Deck Girder, Fixed

Main Spans: 2

Built By: Unknown

There are several abandoned plate girder railroad bridges right beside each other in downtown Wheeling.

Wheeling Suspension Bridge
HSR

Rough Distance: 8.4 Miles (13.5 Kilometers)

10th Street / Virginia Street (WV-251) Over Ohio River in Wheeling: Ohio County, West Virginia, United States

Metal Pony Truss Stiffening Wire Cable Suspension, Fixed

Length: 1,307 ft. Main Span: 949 ft. Roadway: 20 ft. Main Spans: 1

Built 1849 By: Charles Ellet

This is the most significant pre-Civil War bridge in the United States!

Fort Henry Bridge
Ninth Street Bridge
HSR

Rough Distance: 8.5 Miles (13.6 Kilometers)

I-70, US-40, US-250 Over Ohio River in Wheeling: Ohio County, West Virginia, United States

Metal Tied Solid Ribbed Through Arch, Fixed and Approach Spans: Metal Deck Girder, Fixed

Length: 1,660 ft. Main Span: 577 ft. Roadway: 53.5 ft. Main Spans: 1

Built 1955 By: American Bridge Company of New York, New York and Howard, Needles, Tammen and Bergendorff of Kansas City, Missouri

This large and impressive steel arch bridge predates the Interstate Highway System.

Wheeling Creek Railroad Bridge
HSR

Rough Distance: 8.5 Miles (13.8 Kilometers)

Railroad (Abandoned Wheeling Terminal Railway) Over Wheeling Creek and McColloch Street in Wheeling: Ohio County, West Virginia, United States

Metal 5 Panel Pin-Connected Pratt Deck Truss, Fixed and Approach Spans: Metal Deck Girder, Fixed

Main Spans: 2

Built By: Unknown

This abandoned bridge is a fairly lightweight railroad deck truss bridge.

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Bridgeport Bridge
Wheeling and Belmont Bridge
HSR

Rough Distance: 9 Miles (14.5 Kilometers)

US-40 (Old Alignment) Over Ohio River Back Channel in Bridgeport and Wheeling: Belmont County, Ohio and Ohio County, West Virginia, United States

Metal 9 Panel Pin-Connected Parker Through Truss, Fixed

Length: 685 ft. Main Span: 209 ft. Roadway: 32.25 ft. Main Spans: 3

Built 1893 By: Wrought Iron Bridge Company of Canton, Ohio

Despite its historic significance and unparalleled beauty, this ornate mastery of engineering is not being treated as nicely as the Wheeling Suspension Bridge...

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Aetnaville Bridge
Georgia Street Bridge
HSR

Rough Distance: 9.2 Miles (14.9 Kilometers)

Georgia Street Over Ohio River Back Channel in Bridgeport and Wheeling: Belmont County, Ohio and Ohio County, West Virginia, United States

Metal Pin-Connected Pennsylvania Through Truss, Fixed

Length: 1,043 ft. Main Span: 200 ft. Roadway: 18 ft. Main Spans: 4

Built 1891 By: Unknown

One of two breathtaking multi-span truss bridges in Wheeling that are closed to traffic with talk of unthinkable demolition!

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Spillman Lane Bridge
HSR

Rough Distance: 9.4 Miles (15.1 Kilometers)

Spillman Lane Over Enlow Fork Wheeling Creek in Rural: Washington County, Pennsylvania and Greene County, Pennsylvania, United States

Metal 6 Panel Rivet-Connected Polygonal Warren Pony Truss, Fixed

Main Spans: 1

Built By: Unknown

This bridge is part of a road that was turned into a state game lands trail.

Durbin Bridge
HSR

Rough Distance: 9.7 Miles (15.6 Kilometers)

Veterans Road (PA-4003) Over Dunkard Fork Wheeling Creek in Rural (Durbin): Greene County, Pennsylvania, United States

Metal Stringer (Multi-Beam), Fixed

Length: 126 ft. Main Span: 60 ft. Roadway: 28 ft. Main Spans: 2

Built 1956 By: Unknown

This is a good, unaltered example of a standard plan steel stringer bridge in Pennsylvania.

Special Bridge Conditions Legend: R - Former location of relocated bridge. ! - At risk for demolition or destruction. X - Confirmed demolished or collapsed. S - Dismantled and/or in storage. L - Severe loss of historic integrity due to alteration.

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