Fort Henry Bridge
Photos
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The south face The Wheeling Bridge is in the foreground. Photo taken by J.R. Manning in October 2007 |
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The south face As seen from the deck of the Wheeling Bridge. Photo taken by J.R. Manning in October 2007 |
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The south face As seen from the south approach of the Wheeling Bridge. Photo taken by J.R. Manning in October 2007 |
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Oblique view As seen from the riverwalk in downtown Wheeling. Photo taken by J.R. Manning in October 2007 |
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The east pier Photo taken by J.R. Manning in October 2007 |
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Underneath There is an entrance ramp, main highway and an exit ramp on this end of the bridge. Photo taken by J.R. Manning in October 2007 |
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Underneath Photo taken by J.R. Manning in October 2007 |
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The east approach As seen from the eastbound tube of the Wheeling Tunnel. Photo taken by J.R. Manning in October 2007 |
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The north face As seen from Mount Hood in Wheeling, WV. Photo taken by J.R. Manning in October 2007 |
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The downriver view In this photo, you can see four ways across the Ohio River. In the forground, the Fort Henry Bridge, right behind it is the Wheeling Suspension Bridge. Downriver a few miles is the Viet Nam Vets Memorial Bridge that carries I-470 across the river. In the distance, about 6 miles downriver in Marshall County, you can just barely see the Bellaire Bridge. Photo taken by J.R. Manning in October 2007 |
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View to East Photo taken from sidewalk of the bridge, looking toward Wheeling. Photo taken by Rick Mattioni, July 2000 |
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Closer View of Arch Photo taken by Rick Mattioni, July 2000 |
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Oblique View Photo taken from Main Street in Wheeling. Photo taken by Rick Mattioni, July 2000 |
Facts
- Overview
- Steel through arch bridge over Ohio River & City Street on Interstate 70
- Status
- Open to traffic
- History
- Built 1955; rehabilitated 1990
- Design
- Steel through arch
- Dimensions
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Length of largest span: 577.1 ft.
Total length: 1,660.2 ft.
Deck width: 53.5 ft.
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +40.07500, -80.72833 (decimal degrees)
40°04'30" N, 80°43'42" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 17/523164/4436116 (zone/easting/northing)
- USGS topographic map
- Wheeling
- Inventory number
- BH 36306 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
- Inspection (as of 10/2007)
- Deck condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 45.9 (out of 100) - Average daily traffic (as of 2005)
- 47,000
Sources
- J.R. Manning - thekitchenguy [at] sbcglobal [dot] net
- Rick Mattioni - rickmattioni [at] aol [dot] com