1891-1955,1962 Steel Bridge over Ohio River in Wheeling, WV

(Bridge Hunter; no Historic Bridges; Satellite, this bridge is why there is a remnant of Ohio Street between Front St. and the river.)

The state border runs along the west side of the Ohio River so this bridge is in Wheeling, WV. It is over the East Channel between the downtown area on the river's shore and Wheeling Island. 

This bridge was replaced by the Fort Henry Bridge in 1955, and it was torn down in 1962.

Old Postcard via BridgeHunter

This topo map is what taught me that this bridge landed at Ohio Street on the island.

1956 Wheeling Quad @ 1:62,500

This postcard confirms that the bridge was one block south of the Suspension Bridge, and it explains why the name was simply "Steel." So was the suspension bridge called the Suspension Bridge? Or the Cable Bridge?

Postcard view c1910, Steel Bridge on left via BridgeHunter

Mark Crain posted ten photos with the comment: "Tearing the Wheeling bridge down in 1962."

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Jim Pearson Photography posted

A Union Pacific loaded coal train heads across the bridge over the Kansas River towards Santa Fe Junction on the Kansas City Terminal Railroad (KCT) High Line at on June 29th, 2022.

The bridge is KCT’s double deck, double track crossing of the Kansas River. The odd-looking silver towers on the bridge are lift mechanisms to raise the bridge in the event of flooding and are not connected most of the time. The upper deck line was primarily used by passenger trains from UP and Rock Island, moving to and from Kansas through the KC Union Station. Today primarily freight trains use this bridge.

Tech Info: DJI Mavic Air 2S Drone, RAW, 22mm, f/2.8, 1/640, ISO.

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