Carries US 22 Design Cable-stayed bridge Width 81.0 feet (24.7 m) Construction started 1979 | Crosses Ohio River Total length 1,964.0 feet (598.6 m) Address Weirton, WV 26062, USA | |
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Locale Steubenville, Ohio and Weirton, West Virginia Location Steubenville, Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH Metropolitan Statistical Area Similar Fort Steuben Bridge, Ohio River, Market Street Bridge, East Huntington Bridge, Jennings Randolph Bridge | ||
The Veterans Memorial Bridge, also known as the New Steubenville Bridge, is a cable-stayed bridge which carries U.S. Route 22 across the Ohio River between Steubenville, Ohio and Weirton, West Virginia. The bridge replaces the Fort Steuben Bridge, which was built in 1928.
History
Planning for the bridge began in 1961 in Ohio and in 1964 in West Virginia. The bridge's construction was approved by the Federal Highway Administration in 1978. Construction began in 1979, and the bridge opened on May 1, 1990. The final cost of the bridge was $70 million.
References
Veterans Memorial Bridge (Steubenville, Ohio) Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA