Memorial Bridge (Parkersburg, West Virginia)

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Bridge in West Virginia and Belpre, Ohio

Memorial Bridge
Coordinates	39°17′00″N 81°33′47″W / 39.2833°N 81.5631°W / 39.2833; -81.5631
Crosses	Ohio River
Locale	Parkersburg, West Virginia and Belpre, Ohio
Official name	Memorial Bridge
Owner	City of Parkersburg
Maintained by	Parkersburg Bridge Partners
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	$1.00 per crossing with a transponder (EZ-Pass), $4.50 without a transponder
Location

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 used to have a toll for passenger cars of $0.50; travelers also used to purchase tickets to reduce the toll from $0.50 to $0.40 per trip when $2.00 worth was purchased. There were no automatic lanes and E-ZPass was not accepted. As part of the rehabilitation work on the bridge in 2022-2023, the toll equipment has been replaced with an electronic tolling gantry that will accept EZ-Pass.

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. As of August 31st, 2023, the bridge has been reopened to all traffic.

References

"About".
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,

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Memorial Bridge at Bridges & Tunnels

Crossings of the Ohio River

Upstream
Williamstown Bridge

Memorial Bridge

Downstream
Parkersburg Bridge
CSX

← WV 131		→ WV 150

39°17′00″N 81°33′47″W / 39.28333°N 81.56306°W / 39.28333; -81.56306

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