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6th Street Bridge

Cabell County, West Virginia, and Lawrence County, Ohio

Photos 

6th Street Bridge

looking north in 1947

Photo from Herald-Dispatch Archives

License: Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike (CC BY-SA)

View this photo at herald-dispatch.com

BH Photo #458868

Map 

Facts 

Overview
Lost cantilever through truss bridge over Ohio River on US Rte 52
Location
Huntington, Cabell County, West Virginia, and Lawrence County, Ohio
Status
Replaced by a new bridge
History
Built 1926
Design
Through truss
Approximate latitude, longitude
+38.42473, -82.45041   (decimal degrees)
38°25'29" N, 82°27'01" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
17/373393/4253936 (zone/easting/northing)
Inventory number
BH 87054 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Built 1926 (807)
Built during 1920s (10,284)
Cabell County, West Virginia (30)
Huntington, West Virginia (19)
Lawrence County, Ohio (41)
Lost (29,065)
Lost 1993 (475)
 Lost during 1990s (4,158)
Ohio (4,292)
Replaced by new bridge (19,758)
State line crossing (922)
Through truss (17,194)
Truss (35,943)
West Virginia (1,554)

Update Log 

  • November 9, 2021: New photos from Geoff Hubbs
  • October 26, 2019: New photos from Geoff Hubbs

Sources 

  • Geoff Hubbs

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