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NS - Steubenville Bridge

Jefferson County, Ohio, and Brooke County, West Virginia

Photos 

View from Steubenville

Photo taken by Joshua Collins in March 2009

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BH Photo #148186

Map 

Street Views 

Facts 

Overview
Through truss bridge over Ohio River on Norfolk Southern Railway in Steubenville
Location
Steubenville, Jefferson County, Ohio, and Brooke County, West Virginia
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built in 1926
Railroads
- Conrail (CR)
- Norfolk Southern Railway (NS)
- Penn Central Railroad (PC)
- Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR)
Design
Baltimore through truss
Also called
Norfolk Southern Railroad Bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude
+40.37579, -80.60869   (decimal degrees)
40°22'33" N, 80°36'31" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
17/533218/4469541 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Weirton
Inventory number
BH 43552 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Baltimore through truss (352)
Baltimore truss (390)
Brooke County, West Virginia (32)
Built 1926 (812)
Built during 1920s (10,328)
Conrail (1,752)
Continuous (2,667)
Continuous truss (202)
Have street view (29,894)
Jefferson County, Ohio (101)
Norfolk Southern Railway (2,151)
Ohio (4,669)
 Ohio River (120)
Open (41,203)
Owned by railroad (13,727)
Penn Central Railroad (1,573)
Pennsylvania Railroad (1,082)
Railroad (16,665)
State line crossing (933)
Steubenville, Ohio (16)
Through truss (17,852)
Truss (36,750)
West Virginia (1,600)

Update Log 

  • November 29, 2019: New photo from Jack Schmidt
  • October 15, 2018: Updated by Luke: Corrected build date: Did NOT replace an 1865 bridge
  • May 12, 2018: New Street View added by Dana and Kay Klein
  • August 23, 2012: Updated by Luke Harden: Added categories "Railroad", "Pennsylvania Railroad", "Penn Central Railroad", "Conrail"
  • January 27, 2012: Updated by C Hanchey: Added bridge name and construction date
  • November 12, 2010: New photos from Jason Smith
  • April 22, 2010: New Street View added by James Baughn
  • November 7, 2009: New photo from J.R. Manning
  • October 26, 2009: Added by Joshua Collins

Related Bridges 

Sources 

  • Joshua Collins - Bigjc1979 [at] aol [dot] com
  • J.R. Manning - thekitchenguy [at] sbcglobal [dot] net
  • Jason Smith - flensburg [dot] bridgehunter [dot] av [at] googlemail [dot] com
  • C Hanchey - cmh2315fl [at] yahoo [dot] com
  • Luke
  • Dana and Kay Klein
  • Jack Schmidt - jjturtle [at] earthlink [dot] net

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