1914 1200' (366m) Marion County Trail/Monongahela RR Meredith Tunnel at Fairmont, WV, and Bridge over Monongahela River

Tunnel: (Archived Bridge Hunter; Bridge Hunter)

West Portal: (Satellite)

East Portal: (Satellite)

South Trailhead: (Satellite) The Marion County Trail goes to, but not over the bridge.

Bridge: (Archived Bridge Hunter; Bridge Hunter; no Historic Bridges; Satellite)

Unfortunately, the state's link for the trail's web page doesn't work. You end up at the home page of the web site. Fortunately, the county's link for the trail does work.

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The tunnel was built in 1914, and the trail was completed in 1993.

The Monongahela Railroad was a shortline jointly owned by Pennsy and Pittsburgh & Lake Erie (P&LE) to access the coal mines in the area. The P&LE was controlled by the NYC. Later, the B&O acquired a one-third ownership. [American-Rails]

Dave Kuntz Drone Photos posted four photos with the comment: "Tunnel under a town - the Monongahela Railway Meredith Tunnel in Fairmont WV.  Now part of the MCTrail; many motorists are unaware that they are even driving over it."

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5:38 video @ 1:20

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Bridge

2021 photo by David Case, cropped via BridgeHunter_bridge

Photo by David Yates via BridgeHunter_bridge

Dave Kuntz Drone Photos posted five photos with the comment: "The Monongahela Railway bridge by Pricketts Fort along the scenic Monongahela River in Fairmont, WV.  Due to the conditions of the ties I would not recommend walking it.  However the bridge in the background is now part of the Mon River Trail and provides a great view of this bridge."

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The girder bridge was a B&O bridge. The tunnel is in the bottom half of this excerpt.

1960 Rivesville and 1958 Fairmont East Quads @ 24,000

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