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Abandoned Wheeling Creek Railroad Bridges

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Description 

There are four bridges in total.

Facts 

Overview
Abandoned deck plate girder bridge over Wheeling Creek on railroad
Location
Wheeling, Ohio County, West Virginia
Status
Abandoned
Design
Deck plate girder
Approximate latitude, longitude
+40.06376, -80.72465   (decimal degrees)
40°03'50" N, 80°43'29" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
17/523482/4434870 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map
Wheeling
Inventory number
BH 51919 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Abandoned (1,372)
Deck girder (1,802)
Girder (3,239)
Ohio County, West Virginia (20)
Plate girder (2,251)
Rail-to-trail (494)
Railroad (4,075)
Skewed (4,080)
West Virginia (982)
Wheeling, West Virginia (10)

Update Log 

  • August 9, 2012: Updated by Daniel Hopkins: Added category "Railroad"
  • May 17, 2012: Updated by Daniel Hopkins: Added category "Rail-to-trail" As one of the bridges is used for a river side trail now
  • March 31, 2012: Updated by Luke Harden: Added category "Skewed"

Sources 

  • Luke Harden - lukemh9 [at] gmail [dot] com