Status: Open to traffic
Location: 38.655556,-82.208889
Carries Bladen-Merceryville Road over Swan Creek
Design: truss/pony/polygonal
Design Details: Polygonal Warren pony truss
Total Length: 43.0 Feet
Span Length: 40.0 Feet
Overview: Pony truss bridge over Swan Creek on Bladen-Merceryville Road
History: Built 1950
Built: 1950
Location: Gallia County
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Status: Open to traffic
Location: 38.897518,-82.191920
Carries Bulaville Pike (CR 3) over Campaign Creek
Design: truss/pony/warren
Design Details: Warren pony truss
Total Length: 75.1 Feet
Span Length: 73.2 Feet
Overview: Pony truss bridge over Campaign Creek on Bulaville Pike (CR 3)
History: Built 1935
Built: 1935
Location: Gallia County
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Photo taken by Don O'Brien in October 2007
Status: Open to traffic
Location: 38.767551,-82.220945
Carries Lovers Lane (CR 7) over Long Run
Design: arch
Design Details: Arch
Total Length: 105.0 Feet
Span Length: 55.1 Feet
Overview: Arch bridge over Long Run on Lovers Lane (CR 7)
History: Built 1919
Built: 1919
Location: Gallia County
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Status: Open to traffic
Location: 38.770000,-82.396667
Carries Patriot Road over Sand Fork
Design: truss/pony/polygonal
Design Details: Polygonal Warren pony truss
Total Length: 86.0 Feet
Span Length: 78.1 Feet
Overview: Pony truss bridge over Sand Fork on Patriot Road
History: Built 1950
Built: 1950
Location: Gallia County
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Status: Replaced by concrete span
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Carries Cora Mill Road over Raccoon Creek
Design: truss/through
Design Details: Through truss
Total Length: 226.1 Feet
Span Length: 224.1 Feet
Overview: Lost Through truss bridge over Raccoon Creek on Cora Mill Road
History: Built 1932
Built: 1932
Location: Gallia County
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Status: Collapsed and replaced by new bridge
Location: 38.845450,-82.143750
Carries US 35 over Ohio River
Design: suspension/eyebar
Design Details: Eyebar suspension, 700 foot main span and 380 foot side suspended spans. This bridge had only two eyebars forming each chain segment!
Total Length: 2235.0 Feet
Span Length: 700.0 Feet
Overview: Lost eyebar suspension bridge over the Ohio River on US 35 between Point Pleasant, WV, and Kanauga, OH
History: Built 1928, collasped on December 15, 1967, killing 46 people. Replaced by a new bridge in 1969.
Built: 1928
Location: Gallia County
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The Silver Bridge Upon Completion
The Silver Bridge was completed in 1928 and collapsed on December 15, 1967, killing 46 people. Its replacement, the Silver Memorial Bridge, opened exactly two years later, on December 15, 1969. This view is from Point Pleasant, looking west to Ohio. The railroad truss, just to the north, still stands.
Photo by US Federal Highway Administration
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Debris
This debris was on the Ohio side of the crossing. The bridge collapsed at approximately 4:50 PM on December 15, 1967, the first major bridge collapse since the Tacoma Narrows Bridge ("Gallopin' Gertie") in 1940. As a result of the collapse, the NBIS (National Bridge Inspection Standard) program began in 1968.
Photo by US Federal Highway Administration
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Silver Bridge Memorial Plaque, Point Pleasant WV
Photo taken by Roger Deschner in November 2018
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Painting of Silver Bridge on floodwall
Artists have been painting a section of the floodwall in Point Pleasant WV where the old Silver Bridge was located, to make it look like the bridge is still there, complete with a car driving across it onto 6th Street. This is 1/2 block from the memorial plaque.
Photo taken by Roger Deschner in November 2018
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Perspective view of floodwall painting
Note railroad bridge in background.
Photo taken by Roger Deschner in November 2018
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Ohio memorial plaque
Located at a state rest area about 1 mile north of bridge site on highway OH-7
Photo taken by Roger Deschner in November 2018
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Ohio memorial plaque
List of victim's names.
Photo taken by Roger Deschner in November 2018
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Eyebar from bridge
Recovered from remains. Located at Ohio rest area about 1 mile north of bridge site on OH-7.
Photo taken by Roger Deschner in November 2018
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Description of eyebar
Photo taken by Roger Deschner in November 2018
Status: Open to traffic
Location: 38.859024,-82.361964
Carries Garner's Ford Rd. (CR 37) over Raccoon Creek
Design: truss/through/pratt
Design Details: 7-panel, pinned Pratt through truss
Total Length: 0.0 Feet
Span Length: 0.0 Feet
Overview: Pratt through truss bridge over Raccoon Creek on Garner's Ford Rd. (CR 37)
History:
Built: ca. 1890's
Location: Gallia County
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Southeast Portal
Photo taken by Joshua Collins in September 2008
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Northwest Portal
Photo taken by Joshua Collins in September 2008
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Photo taken by Bill Eichelberger in October 2011
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Photo taken by Bill Eichelberger in October 2011
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Photo taken by Bill Eichelberger in October 2011
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Photo taken by Bill Eichelberger in October 2011
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Photo taken by Bill Eichelberger in October 2011
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Photo taken by Bill Eichelberger in October 2011
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Photo taken by Matthew Hemmer in March 2020
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Photo taken by Matthew Hemmer in March 2020
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Photo taken by Matthew Hemmer in March 2020
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Photo taken by Matthew Hemmer in March 2020
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Photo taken by Matthew Hemmer in March 2020
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Photo taken by Matthew Hemmer in March 2020
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Photo taken by Matthew Hemmer in March 2020
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Photo taken by Matthew Hemmer in March 2020
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Photo taken by Matthew Hemmer in March 2020
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Photo taken by Matthew Hemmer in March 2020
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Photo taken by Matthew Hemmer in March 2020
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Photo taken by Matthew Hemmer in March 2020
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Photo taken by Matthew Hemmer in March 2020
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Photo taken by Matthew Hemmer in March 2020
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Photo taken by Matthew Hemmer in March 2020
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Photo taken by Matthew Hemmer in March 2020
Status: Closed to all traffic
Location: 38.875060,-82.354906
Carries Adamsville Road (CR-71) over Raccoon Creek
Design: girder/pony/concrete
Design Details: Three span cantilevered concrete through girder.
Total Length: 133.9 Feet
Span Length: 60.0 Feet
Overview: Concrete through girder bridge over Raccoon Creek on Adamsville Road (CR-71)
History: Built 1922
Built: 1922
Location: Gallia County
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Photo taken by Janis Ford
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Photo taken by Janis Ford
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Photo taken by Janis Ford
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Photo taken by Janis Ford
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Photo taken by Janis Ford
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Photo taken by Matthew Hemmer in March 2020
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Photo taken by Matthew Hemmer in March 2020
Status: Open to traffic
Location: 38.840974,-82.221683
Carries S.R. 160 over Chickamauga Creek
Design: beam/tee
Design Details: Concrete tee beam
Total Length: 63.0 Feet
Span Length: 62.0 Feet
Overview: Concrete tee beam bridge over Chickamauga Creek on S.R. 160
History: Built 1927
Built: 1927
Location: Gallia County
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Status: Open to traffic
Location: 38.841306,-82.380139
Carries Guthrie Road over Beaver Creek
Design: girder
Design Details: Girder
Total Length: 33.1 Feet
Span Length: 30.8 Feet
Overview: Girder bridge over Beaver Creek on Guthrie Road
History: Built 1933
Built: 1933
Location: Gallia County
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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.
