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WLE - Cross Creek Bridge

Jefferson County, Ohio

Photo 

Looking Southeast

Photo taken by Joshua Collins in March 2009

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BH Photo #148089

Map 

Facts 

Overview
Deck truss bridge over CR 74 (Mingo Jct.-Goulds Rd.) and Cross Creek on Wheeling & Lake Erie Railway
Location
Jefferson County, Ohio
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1903 by the American Bridge Co.
Builder
- American Bridge Co. of New York
Railroads
- Norfolk & Western Railway (N&W)
- Norfolk Southern Railway (NS)
- Wheeling & Lake Erie Railway (WLE)
Design
Warren deck truss
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 270.0 ft.
Total length: 388.1 ft.
Also called
NS - Cross Creek Bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude
+40.31115, -80.66487   (decimal degrees)
40°18'40" N, 80°39'54" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
17/528476/4462346 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Steubenville West
Inventory numbers
ODOT 4133633 (Ohio Dept. of Transportation structure file number)
BH 27780 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

American Bridge Co. (1,324)
Built 1903 (504)
Built during 1900s (6,623)
Deck truss (1,575)
Jefferson County, Ohio (80)
Norfolk & Western Railway (315)
Norfolk Southern Railway (1,507)
Ohio (3,008)
Open (37,873)
 Owned by railroad (10,781)
Railroad (14,137)
Span length 250-500 feet (1,094)
Total length 250-500 feet (4,792)
Truss (30,508)
Warren deck truss (569)
Warren truss (6,002)
Wheeling & Lake Erie Railway (55)

Update Log 

  • April 10, 2015: Updated by Luke: Edited stream name per forum comment
  • October 24, 2009: Updated by Joshua Collins: added gps coordinates

Sources 

  • Joshua Collins - Bigjc1979 [at] aol [dot] com
  • Luke
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Comments 

NS - McIntyre Creek Bridge
Posted April 10, 2015, by Rob Vance (rvance [at] egcc [dot] edu)

The creek passing under this bridge is actually Cross Creek. McIntyre Creek flows into Cross Creek a half mile or so up stream.