Suspension Bridge - Wheeling, WV
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member nomadwillie
N 40° 04.228 W 080° 43.453
17T E 523516 N 4435615
The Wheeling Suspension Bridge is a suspension bridge spanning the main channel of the Ohio River at Wheeling, West Virginia. It was the largest suspension bridge in the world from 1849 until 1851.
Waymark Code: WM178HM
Location: West Virginia, United States
Date Posted: 01/02/2023
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member ScroogieII
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The Suspension Bridge, 14 m., which spans the Ohio River between Wheeling and Wheeling Island, was the longest single span in the country at the time of its construction in 1856. This bridge and its predecessor, destroyed by a storm in 1854, occasioned long and bitter controversy between Wheeling and Pittsburgh (see Wheeling).

[American-Guide-Series - West Virginia: A Guide to the Mountain State, p.519 (1941)



Wheeling seems to be one of those towns I find myself returning to in my travels. I remember in the past when you could cross the bridge in a vehicle. As of 2019 the bridge was shut down to vehicular traffic.
Book: West Virginia

Page Number(s) of Excerpt: 519

Year Originally Published: 1941
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