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Parkersburg Bridge
The CSX Bridge in 2010
Coordinates	39°16′15.5″N 81°33′56.5″W / 39.270972°N 81.565694°W / 39.270972; -81.565694
Carries	CSX Transportation
Crosses	Ohio River
Locale	Parkersburg, West Virginia
Official name	Parkersburg Bridge
Maintained by	CSX Transportation
Characteristics
Design	Truss bridge
Total length	7,140 feet (2,180 m)
History
Opened	1871
Sixth Street Railroad Bridge
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
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Location	6th Street, Parkersburg, West Virginia
Coordinates	39°16′2″N 81°33′32″W / 39.26722°N 81.55889°W / 39.26722; -81.55889
Area	0.8 acres (0.32 ha)
Built	May 18, 1869 – January 7, 1871
Architect	Porter, W. E.
MPS	Downtown Parkersburg MRA
NRHP reference No.	82001785
Added to NRHP	December 10, 1982
Location

The Parkersburg Bridge crosses the Ohio River between Parkersburg, West Virginia, and Belpre, Ohio. Designed by Jacob Linville, the bridge has 46 spans: 25 deck plate girder, 14 deck truss, 6 through truss, and 1 through plate girder. 50,000 cubic yards (38,000 m) of stone were used for the 53 piers. The bridge was constructed from May 1869 to January 1871 by the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. At the time of its completion, the bridge was reportedly the longest in the world at 7,140 feet (2,180 m).

The approach spans were replaced 1898–1900, and the river spans were replaced 1904–1905. The original piers were retained. The steel structure atop the piers was rebuilt between about 1914 and 1917. One channel span was replaced in 1972 after a barge transporting an empty gasoline tanker exploded under the bridge.

The bridge was a part of the B&O's Baltimore – St. Louis mainline and offered the railroad easy access to Ohio in transporting coal and other materials to the east coast. Currently the bridge handles the traffic of the Belpre Industrial Parkersburg Railroad.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982 under the name Sixth Street Railroad Bridge. At the time of the listing, the bridge was still owned by the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad.

See also

• List of bridges documented by the Historic American Engineering Record in Ohio
• List of bridges documented by the Historic American Engineering Record in West Virginia
• List of crossings of the Ohio River
• National Register of Historic Places listings in Wood County, West Virginia

References

1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
2. ^ Eliza Smith and Christina Mann (December 1981). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Sixth Street Railroad Bridge" (PDF). State of West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2011-09-15.
3. ^ Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, Parkersburg Bridge, Ohio River, Parkersburg, Wood County, WV Historic American Engineering Record, accessed 22 August 2012
4. "NewsandSentinel.com | News, Sports, Jobs, Community Information - Parkersburg News and Sentinel". Archived from the original on 2016-03-28. Retrieved 2016-08-04.

• Track Chart, August 1947; Baltimore & Ohio System, Eastern Region, Monongah Division, Office of the Chief Engineer

External links

Media related to Parkersburg Bridge (CSX) at Wikimedia Commons

• Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) No. WV-12, "Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, Parkersburg Bridge, Ohio River, Parkersburg, Wood County, WV", 12 photos, 10 data pages, 2 photo caption pages

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Crossings of the Ohio River
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• CSX Transportation bridges
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• National Register of Historic Places in Washington County, Ohio
• Baltimore and Ohio Railroad bridges
• Bridges completed in 1871
• Bridges over the Ohio River
• Transportation in Wood County, West Virginia
• Historic American Engineering Record in West Virginia
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• Railroad bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in West Virginia
• Railroad bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in Ohio
• National Register of Historic Places in Wood County, West Virginia
• Steel bridges in the United States
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