Fort Henry Bridge

Fort Henry Bridge
Fort Henry Bridge
	Looking towards Wheeling Island on the Fort Henry Bridge
Coordinates	40°04′19″N 80°43′39″W / 40.07194°N 80.72750°W
Carries	I-70 / US 40 / US 250
Crosses	Ohio River main channel
Locale	Wheeling, West Virginia
Maintained by	West Virginia Department of Transportation
ID number	00000000035A061
Characteristics
Design	Tied arch bridge
Total length	1,660 feet (506 m)
Width	53.5 feet (16 m)
Longest span	580 feet (176.8 m)
History
Opened	September 8, 1955
Statistics
Daily traffic	60,070 (2009)
Location
References

The Fort Henry Bridge is a crossing of the Ohio River main channel in Wheeling, West Virginia. The tied-arch bridge carries two lanes in each direction of Interstate 70 (I-70), U.S. Route 40 (US 40), and US 250. The bridge opened after four years of construction work on September 8, 1955, costing $6.8 million, $1.8 million over budget. The bridge, along with the aging Wheeling Suspension Bridge, are the only two road links from Wheeling Island to downtown Wheeling, although this is the only one that allows vehicular traffic. In 2009, the structure carried an average of over 60,000 vehicles per day.

^ "00000000035A061". National Bridge Inventory. Federal Highway Administration. Retrieved January 29, 2011. ^{[dead link]}
^ I70 - Ohio to Pennsylvania (PDF) (Map). West Virginia Department of Transportation. 2009. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 21, 2011. Retrieved January 29, 2011.
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[NBI-1] "00000000035A061". National Bridge Inventory. Federal Highway Administration. Retrieved January 29, 2011. ^{[dead link]}

[aadt09-2] I70 - Ohio to Pennsylvania (PDF) (Map). West Virginia Department of Transportation. 2009. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 21, 2011. Retrieved January 29, 2011.

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