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| Coordinates | 39°17′00″N 81°33′47″W / 39.2833°N 81.5631°W / 39.2833; -81.5631 |
| Crosses | Ohio River |
| Official name | Memorial Bridge |
| Characteristics | |
| Design | Cantilevered Warren through truss with 2 polygonal Warren through trusses |
| Total length | 2,555.2 ft. (0.5 mi.) |
| Width | 27.9 ft. |
| Clearance above | 30.0 ft. |
| History | |
| Construction end | 1954 |
| Statistics | |
| Daily traffic | 13,503 cars on average daily |
| Toll | $0.50 or reduced price of $0.40 when purchasing two dollars or more worth of tickets |
| Location | |
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The Memorial Bridge, locally known as the toll bridge, crosses the Ohio River connecting Belpre, Ohio and Parkersburg, West Virginia. The bridge is an alternate route to access U.S. Route 50 in Ohio from central Parkersburg.
While some internal WVDOT documents refer to the bridge as West Virginia Route 140, the number is not signed nor shown on state-issued maps.
The bridge was completed c. 1954, and is of a steel through truss design, a combination of two camelback-Warren through trusses, and a 3-span cantilevered Warren through truss. It accommodates two lanes of traffic, one in either direction.
This bridge has a toll for passenger cars of $0.50; travelers may also purchase tickets to reduce the toll from $0.50 to $0.40 per trip when $2.00 worth are purchased. There are no automatic lanes and E-ZPass is not accepted.
As of August 18, 2022, the bridge has been closed to all traffic indefinitely while a project to make improvements to the bridge is underway. Previously the bridge was reduced to one way traffic, but many vehicles were violating this by going around barriers which prompted the bridge partners to close it for safety of workers.
See also
References
- Traffic Engineering Directive 220, October 1, 1993
- Urban Area Map, Parkersburg, Wood County, West Virginia (PDF) (Map). West Virginia Department of Transportation. 2005. § 1 of 2. Retrieved 2014-07-01.
- ,WTAP 2022/08/17,
External links
- Memorial Bridge at Bridges & Tunnels
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