WHEELING BRIDGES

Wheeling Suspension Bridge

The Wheeling Suspension Bridge (many pictures and articles)

Belmont covered Bridge

The Belmont Covered Bridge
Covered bridge -- photo 14 in Brown Collection
Covered bridge -- photo 15 in Brown Collection
Covered bridge -- photo 16 in Brown Collection
Covered bridge -- photo 17 in Brown Collection
Fire threatens the bridge in 1883

Bridgeport Bridge (Zane St.)

Bridgeport Bridge, in the Historic American Engineering Record collection at Library of Congress

Wheeling Terminal Railway Bridge

Wheeling Terminal Railway Bridge under construction
Terminal Railway Bridge (another version of the above)

S-Bridge at Triadelphia

S-Bridge at Triadelphia
S-Bridge -- photo 54 in Brown Collection

Elm Grove Bridge

Old Stone Bridge at Elm Grove (postcard)
Old Stone Bridge -- photo 56 in Brown Collection
Old Stone Bridge -- photo 63 in Brown Collection
Bridge in 1998
Bridge in 2005
Information in Library Congress HABS/HAER Collection

Fort Henry Bridge

Fort Henry Bridge, 1950s
Fort Henry Bridge, 1950s

Main Street Bridge

Site of bridge that collapsed in 1888
Building Main Street Bridge (stories from Intelligencer, 1891)
Drawings from the 1891 Intelligencer articles
Placing the keystone (newpaper story)
Placing keystone, Main St. Bridge, 1891 -- photo 78 in Brown Collection
Close-up of placing the keystone and a Closer view
Dominick Carey, contractor building the bridge, killed during the construction
Completing the Main Street Bridge, 1892 (newspaper article).
A second article from 1892
W. C. Smith, 1822-1897, designer of the bridge
Picture showing bridge soon after completion
Bridge around 1900
Main Street Bridge, ca. 1905
Main Street Bridge, 1999
Main St. Bridge, 1999
Main Street Bridge, 2002
Main Street Bridge, 2002

Market Street Bridge

Market Street Bridge, ca. 1910
Postcard of Market Street Bridge, ca. 1920

Steel Bridge (11th Street)

Steel Bridge, ca. 1905
Steel Bridge Damaged on Island End -- Another view of the damage
The Steel Bridge appears in many of our river views: This is the menu:
One example -- A second and a third
Once more, the Steel Bridge in the background
The same picture appeared on a postcard and a detail
Steel Bridge awaiting demolition, 1960s?

B&O Railroad Bridge

B&O Railroad Bridge
B&O Railroad Bridge, Bellaire

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