This is the fourth suspension bridge I have found across the Ohio River and the second one that is still standing. It was closed for a few months in 2011 for rehabilitation.
This is the paint scheme of the 2011 rehabilitation that was chosen by voting.
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| C Hanchey Flickr, Sep 2011, License: Attribution-NonCommercial (CC BY-NC) "The bridge was built by the Ohio Steel Erection Company in 1905 for the Steubenville Bridge Company. It was bought by the State of West Virginia in 1941." |
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| Street View |
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| Ricky Walker posted Lil Steubenville bridge |
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| structurae.net via Bridge Hunter, License: Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike (CC BY-SA) |
Obviously, during one of the many rehabilitations, the towers have been beefed up. (Replaced?) Was this the "tower repairs" done in 1941 when West Virginia bought the bridge? [history]
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| C. 1911 postcard via Bridge Hunter |
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| C. 1911 postcard via Bridge Hunter |
This is as close as the street view car got on the Ohio side. Does the camera stick above 10'? That is quite a river bluff on the West Virginia side.
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| Street View |
The view from the WV side. I include it to show that they accommodate pedestrian traffic.
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| Street View |
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