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Blennerhassett Island Bridge

 
Blennerhassett Island Bridge, Wood County, WV 26181, United States of America (US 50)
 
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Blennerhassett Island Bridge is a minor waterways place on the Ohio River between Ohio - Allegheny - Monongahela Rivers (Junction of the Allegheny and Monongahela rivers to create the Ohio River) (219.34 miles and 7 locks to the northeast) and Ohio - Cumberland Junction (Junction of the Ohio River with the Cumberland River) (688.06 miles and 11 locks to the west).
 
 
The nearest place in the direction of Ohio - Allegheny - Monongahela Rivers is Ohio - Little Kanawha Junction (Junction of the Ohio River with the Little Kanawha River); 5.44 miles away.
 
The nearest place in the direction of Ohio - Cumberland Junction is Belleville Lock; 15.98 miles away.

Mooring here is unrated.

There is a bridge here which takes a motorway over the canal.

 
 
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Blennerhassett Island Bridge, with a network arch design, carries U.S. Route 50 (Appalachian Development Highway System's Corridor D) over the Ohio River and the historic Blennerhassett Island between Belpre Township, Washington County, Ohio and Washington, West Virginia in the United States. Construction of the bridge was overseen by the Walsh Construction Company of Chicago, and it opened to traffic on June 13, 2008. The completion of the span completed Corridor D between Interstate 275 east of Cincinnati to Interstate 79 at Clarksburg, West Virginia.

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[Blennerhassett Island] designated the Blennerhassett Island Historical State Park and the island was named for him. Blennerhassett Island Bridge List of islands of West Virginia [Blennerhassett Island Historical State Park] Blennerhassett Island Historical State Park is a state park located on Blennerhassett Island, a small island in the Ohio River, located in Wood County [Blennerhassett] State Park Blennerhassett Island Bridge Blennerhassett (opera) Blennerhassett baronets John Blennerhassett, Irish politician Harman Blennerhassett, Anglo-Irish [Network arch bridge] Lake Champlain Bridge USA, 2011 Providence River Bridge, USA (2008) Steinkjer Bridge [no], Norway (1963) Blennerhassett Island Bridge, USA (2008) George [Parkersburg–Belpre Bridge] 1980. The bridge had been signed U.S. Route 50 (US 50) until June 13, 2008, when that highway was re-routed to the Blennerhassett Island Bridge a few miles [Ohio State Route 32] continues east across the Ohio River over the Blennerhassett Island Bridge. The Batavia Turnpike and Miami Bridge Company was incorporated and chartered by [Corridor D] Parkersburg. The highway continues over the Ohio River on the Blennerhassett Island Bridge. After crossing the Ohio River into Belpre, Ohio, the highway [List of bridges in the United States] Maryland Bellaire Bridge, Benwood to Bellaire, Ohio Blennerhassett Island Bridge, Parkersburg to Belpre, Ohio Bridgeport Bridge, Wheeling to Bridgeport [U.S. Route 50] around Belpre, and crosses the newer Blennerhassett Island Bridge (previously crossing the Parkersburg-Belpre Bridge) into greater Parkersburg, West Virginia
 
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Blennerhassett Island Bridge - Wikipedia
Blennerhassett Island Bridge opened to traffic June 13, 2008. The bridge is a Network Arch Bridge constructed at a cost of $120 million over the Ohio River between Belpre Township, Washington County, Ohio and Washington, West Virginia in the United States. Construction of the bridge was completed by the Walsh ...
Blennerhassett Island Bridge over the Ohio River near Parkersburg ...
Jun 11, 2014 ... Driving across the Blennerhassett Island Bridge at the Ohio/West Virginia line. Filmed in June 2014 on a RoadLens dash camera: http://www.RoadLens.com.
Bridgehunter.com | Blennerhassett Island Bridge
Network arch bridge over Ohio River at Blennerhassett Island on US 50.
Blennerhassett Bridge (US 50) - Bridges and Tunnels
The Blennerhassett Bridge carries US 50 across the Ohio River between Belpre, Ohio to Parkersburg, West Virginia. It is distinctive for its tied-arch design and for its graceful crossing over Blennerhassett Island. Blennerhassett Bridge at night. Planning for the bridge began with the formation of Appalachian Corridor D, one  ...
Blennerhassett
After two decades of questions about its effects, the tied-arch bridge was chosen from four design alternatives as most economical and least intrusive on the environment of historic Blennerhassett Island, a site offered by its namesake to Aaron Burr in 1805 as a rendezvous for training volunteers and gathering arms and ...
UFA Projects | Blennerhassett Island Bridge | United Fiberglass
Largest infrastructure project in West Virginia history; United Fiberglass was chosen to provide fiberglass conduit and drainage systems, hanger supports, enclosures and engineering layouts for this project; Upon completion, the Blennerhassett Island Bridge will be the longest of its kind in the United States; Project to be ...
Janssen & Spaans Engineering :: Blennerhassett Island Bridge over ...
Project Description. With a main span of 898 feet, this is the longest structure of its type (inclined tied arch) in the United States. The bridge deck is 100 ft wide and the arch rises 175 ft high. The project includes over 30,000,000 lbs of structural steel members. Services provided included: erection procedure; erection analysis ...
Blennerhassett Bridge
Bridge improves access to major cities, boosting economic development. HNTB provided design and construction-inspection services for the Blennerhassett Bridge, the longest tied-arch span in the United Sates. The bridge passes over Blennerhassett Island, a historical state park and wetland, as it carries U.S. Highway 50 ...
Blennerhassett Island Bridge - Epoxy Interest Group
The Blennerhassett Island Bridge, spans the Ohio River between West Virginia and Ohio and this bridge was a critical section of the Appalachian Highway Corridor D. Blennerhassett Island, in the Ohio River, is a historic state park, and bridging it presented several obstacles, including the sensitive issue of wetland ...
West Virginia Corridor D - Blennerhassett Island Bridge Construction ...
Feb 25, 2007 ... The final piece of Corridor D (US 50) is the Blennerhassett Island Bridge that will cross the Ohio River. The bridge which crosses the Ohio downriver from Parkersburg and Belpre, Ohio should be complete in 2008.