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Aetnaville Bridge

Ohio County, West Virginia, and Belmont County, Ohio
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Photo taken by Joshua Collins in March 2009

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Overview
Through truss bridge over Ohio River Back Channel on Georgia Street in Wheeling
Location
Wheeling, Ohio County, West Virginia, and Belmont County, Ohio
Status
Open to pedestrians
Future prospects
Slated for demolition by West Virginia Department of Highways in 2014.
History
Built 1891; closed to traffic December 1988
Design
Pin-connected Pennsylvania through truss
Recognition
Listed as a contributing resource to the Wheeling Island Historic District
Also called
Georgia Street Bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude
+40.08001, -80.73659   (decimal degrees)
40°04'48" N, 80°44'12" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
17/522458/4436670 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map
Wheeling
Inventory number
BH 43551 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

19th Century (3,851)
Belmont County, Ohio (42)
Built 1891 (122)
Built during 1890s (1,560)
Doomed (816)
Have street view (10,036)
NR-contributing (30)
Ohio (2,201)
Ohio County, West Virginia (20)
Ohio River (95)
 Open to pedestrians (1,959)
Owned by state (9,854)
Pennsylvania truss (308)
Pin-connected (1,568)
State line crossing (515)
TRUSS Award 2013 (14)
Through truss (9,254)
Truss (23,615)
West Virginia (982)
Wheeling, West Virginia (10)

Update Log 

  • May 3, 2012: Updated by Nathan Holth: This bridge is now doomed.
  • April 22, 2010: New Street View added by James Baughn
  • October 26, 2009: Added by Joshua Collins

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