New Martinsville Bridge

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New Martinsville Bridge
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New Martinsville Bridge in 2005.
Coordinates 39°39′33″N80°51′48″W / 39.65917°N 80.86333°W / 39.65917; -80.86333
Carries2 lanes of WV-7.svg WV 7/OH-536.svg SR 536
Crosses Ohio River
Locale New Martinsville, West Virginia and Hannibal, Ohio
Maintained by West Virginia Department of Transportation [1]
ID number 00000000052A007 [1]
Characteristics
Design steel through truss [1]
Total length2,100 feet (640.1 m) [1]
Width27.5 feet (8.4 m) [1]
Longest span721.8 feet (220.0 m)
Clearance below 75 feet (22.9 m) over Ohio River [1]
History
Opened1961 [2]
Statistics
Daily traffic 8,200 (2005) [1]
Location
New Martinsville Bridge

The New Martinsville Bridge, or the Korean War Veterans Memorial Bridge, is a steel through truss bridge over the Ohio River between West Virginia and Ohio. It carries West Virginia Route 7 over the river between Hannibal, Ohio and New Martinsville, West Virginia. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "National Bridge Inventory: WV 00000000052A007" . Retrieved April 16, 2010.[ permanent dead link ]
  2. "New Martinsville Bridge (New Martinsville/Hannibal, 1961)".