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Market Street Bridge

Jefferson County, Ohio, and Brooke County, West Virginia

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The Market Street Bridge

As seen from Steubenville, Ohio. This bridge crosses the Ohio River from Steubenville to WV 2, just south of Weirton, WV.

Photo taken by J.R. Manning in October 2007

BH Photo #110603

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Overview
Suspension bridge over the Ohio River on WV 2 Spur (Market Street) in Steubenville
Location
Steubenville, Jefferson County, Ohio, and Brooke County, West Virginia
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1905 by the Ohio Steel Erection Company; rehabilitated 1981 and 2011
Builders
- Ohio Steel Erection Co.
- Penn Bridge Co. of Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania
Design
Wire suspension with quadrangular Warren through truss with
verticals
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 700.2 ft.
Total length: 1,794.1 ft.
Deck width: 20.7 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 11.0 ft.
Also called
Steubenville Bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude
+40.35815, -80.60873   (decimal degrees)
40°21'29" N, 80°36'31" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
17/533223/4467583 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Steubenville East
Inventory numbers
ODOT 4100964 (Ohio Dept. of Transportation structure file number)
BH 35026 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

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Brooke County, West Virginia (17)
Built 1905 (753)
Built during 1900s (6,710)
Have street view (24,989)
Jefferson County, Ohio (82)
Ohio (3,073)
Ohio Department of Transportation Historic Bridge List (13)
Ohio River (111)
Ohio Steel Erection Co. (1)
Open (38,338)
 Owned by state (14,881)
Penn Bridge Co. (68)
Span length 500-1000 feet (372)
State line crossing (776)
Steel grate deck (436)
Steubenville, Ohio (10)
Structurally deficient (17,077)
Suspension (644)
Total length 1000-2500 feet (1,729)
West Virginia (1,380)

Update Log 

  • May 18, 2019: New photos from Dana and Kay Klein
  • October 6, 2013: Updated by C Hanchey: Added category "Ohio Department of Transportation Historic Bridge List "
  • October 1, 2013: New Street View added by Michael Miller
  • January 27, 2012: Updated by C Hanchey: Corrected bridge construction date and added bridge builder
  • August 17, 2011: New photos from Luke Harden
  • January 30, 2008: New photos from J.R. Manning

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Market Street Bridge
Posted January 11, 2012, by Nathan Holth (form3 [at] historicbridges [dot] org)

Now, if they would only complete the look by installing replicas of the long-lost ornate portal cresting, tower cresting, and decorative tower finials...

Market Street Bridge
Posted January 11, 2012, by Lee Huff (hufflee2000 [at] yahoo [dot] com)

The bridge is now open again. I took a couple of pics the other day, and attached them. However, I see that you've already taken some shots of the new paint job. They even added blue neon lights to the top chords of the trusses along with the lights on the main cables- it looks great at night.

Market Street Bridge
Posted August 17, 2011, by Wayne Grodkiewicz (wgrodkiewi [at] aol [dot] com)

Here are some shots of the Market Street Bridge from 8 August 2011. The bridge is closed to traffic and is being worked on. It is now a blue and yellow color as you can see. Hopefully this means it will be around for a while longer.

Webmaster's note: The photos that were here have been incorporated into the main site.