Thursday, April 3, 2025

Lost/Nickel and 1921,2000 Million Dollar Bridges in Fairmont, WV

Nickel: (Archived Bridge Hunter; Bridge Hunter; no Historic Bridges; Satellite, the piers are extant.) "Nickel" was the name because the toll was a nickel.
Million Dollar: (Archived Bridge Hunter; Bridge Hunter; no Historic Bridges; Satellite) Also named Robert H. Mollohan and Jefferson Street

Thomas S Miller posted
Passenger station. “Million Dollar Bridge “ in the background. Nickel bridge on the left.
 
Given the tie-bar diagonal members, I presume this was a pin-connected truss.
looking west, wvhistoryonview via ArchivedBridgeHunter_nickel
 
Thomas S Miller posted
[The building by the river was the B&O Depot.]

The Million Dollar Bridge is 1248' (380m) with a span length of 279' (85m). [BridgeHunter]

Street View, Jul 2021

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