Reply to "The View from McKims Ridge"

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G3750 posted:

Mark Boyce posted:

George,

I see McKim’s Ridge looks like a great vantage point!  The Railroad bridge shows up well!  When was the Veterans Memorial Bridge built.  It reminds me of the new bridge in Wheeling.  Same basic design??

I think the Veterans Bridge was built in the 1990s, but don't quote me.  I don't know anything at all about the Wheeling bridge.

George

The Veterans Memorial Bridge opened to traffic on May 1, 1990. Here are some links about it:

https://transportation.wv.gov/...n-Steubenville).aspx

https://www.johnweeks.com/cablestay/pages/csb23.html

https://bridgehunter.com/oh/jefferson/5A060/

 

And to get us back on track (pun intended) with the subject PRR Ohio River bridge:

http://historicbridges.org/bri...hio/steubenvillerr2/

https://bridgehunter.com/oh/je...ohio-river-railroad/

http://www.waymarking.com/waym...e_Ohio_to_Weirton_WV

Thank you for those links on the Veterans Bridge.

I have seen those last three links related to the railroad bridge as well.  Over the past 5 years I've made a number of photographic trips to the bridge and posted the results on the OGR Forum.  Here are those links:

https://ogrforum.ogaugerr.com/...e-bridge-at-mp-42-11

https://ogrforum.ogaugerr.com/...-bridge-expedition-2

https://ogrforum.ogaugerr.com/...nhandle-bridge-redux

https://ogrforum.ogaugerr.com/...ge-expedition-photos

George