Carries 4 lanes of US 50 Design Network Arch Bridge Construction started 2005 Opened 13 June 2008 | Width 107 feet (33 m) Total length 1,222 m Height 53 m Location Belpre, Belpre Township | |
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Maintained by West Virginia Division of Highways Address WV-892, Parkersburg, WV 26101, USA Similar Ohio River, Parkersburg–Belpre Bridge, Moundsville Bridge, Memorial Bridge, Pomeroy–Mason Bridge | ||
Blennerhassett island bridge over the ohio river near parkersburg wv
Blennerhassett Island Bridge opened to traffic June 13, 2008. The bridge is a Network Arch Bridge constructed at a cost of $120 million over the Ohio River between Belpre Township, Washington County, Ohio and Washington, West Virginia in the United States. Construction of the bridge was completed by the Walsh Construction Company of Chicago.
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- Blennerhassett island bridge over the ohio river near parkersburg wv
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The completion of the span, which carries U.S. Route 50, completed Corridor D between Interstate 275 east of Cincinnati to Interstate 79 at Clarksburg, West Virginia. Corridor D is a part of the Appalachian Development Highway System.
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The bridge travels over the Ohio River and the historic Blennerhassett Island. The bridge is wholly owned by WVDOT while only the approach ramps on the Ohio side are owned by ODOT .