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Bellaire Bridge
Interstate Bridge
HSRNational HSR. Local HSR.

Rough Distance: 0 Miles (0 Kilometers)

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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.
Benwood Bridge
Bellaire Railroad Bridge, Great Stone Viaduct
HSRNational HSR. Local HSR.

Rough Distance: 0.2 Miles (0.3 Kilometers)

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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.

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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