Wheeling Suspension Bridge
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gparkes
N 40° 04.227 W 080° 43.456
17T E 523512 N 4435612
This marker is for the oldest long-span wire-cable suspension bridge in the United States
Waymark Code: WM9C64
Location: West Virginia, United States
Date Posted: 07/30/2010
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Marker text states:
Wheeling
Suspension Bridge
The Wheeling Suspension Bridge, constructed by Charles Ellot, Jr. between 1846 and 1849, was the first long-span wire-cable suspension bridge in the United States. For many years it was the longest clear-span bridge in the world. The deck was wrecked by a violent storm in 1854. It was re-built and the structure with its oritingal towers and calbes is still in service. It is the most significant remaining pre-Civil War bridge in the nation.
West Virginia Department of Archives and History, 1971