Carries US 40 / US 250 Design Girder bridge Opened 1998 Width 12 m Bridge type Girder bridge | ID number 00000000035A133 No. of spans 1 Total length 196 m Location Bridgeport Body of water Ohio River | |
Crosses Ohio River back channel Locale Bridgeport, Ohio to Wheeling Island, West Virginia Similar Ohio River, Fort Henry Bridge, Wheeling Suspension Bridge, Interstate 470 Bridge, Wheeling Island | ||
The Military Order of the Purple Heart Bridge, named after the Military Order of the Purple Heart, carries U.S. Route 40 and US 250 over the Ohio River back channel between Wheeling Island, West Virginia and Bridgeport, Ohio. Construction began in 1995 and finished in 1998.
The bridge was built to replace the adjacent Bridgeport Bridge which had fallen into disrepair.
References
Military Order of the Purple Heart Bridge Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA