Arch A. Moore was a governor of West Virginia. A ferry service was used until this bridge opened in 1986. "The completion of the Moundsville Bridge reduced traffic on the nearby tolled Bellaire Interstate Bridge by 50%, ultimately causing it to close to all traffic." [B&T]
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| Street View, Oct 2015, looking East |
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| 1 of 6 photos posted by Bridges & Tunnels From the archives: The Moundsville Bridge carries OH Route 872 and WV Route 2 Spur over the Ohio River between Belmont County, Ohio, and Moundsville, West Virginia. It is officially named the Arch A. Moore Bridge after former West Virginia governor Arch A. Moore, Jr. More photos: http://bridgestunnels.com/location/moundsville-bridge/ |
That is a really heavy duty deck for a tied arch bridge.
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| structurae, ID: 108124 Tim Kiser (Malepheasant) / Wikimedia Commons This creative work has been published under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.5 Generic (CC-BY-SA 2.5) license which allows copying, and redistribution as well as adaptation of the original work provided appropriate credit is given and the same license is used as for the original work. |
"Main Span Record: 278" [MagaConstrucciones] A 278' span would be way too short for the Ohio River, so I presume that is 278 meters or 912', which is quite long.
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| Evan O'Brien, May 2021 |
A Flickr photo shows that it was bult in place rather than built on the side and then floated into place.
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