1928 Saint Marys (Hi Carpenter, Short Route) Saint Marys, West Virginia and Newport, Ohio, USA Home | Bridges | Inventory | Snapshots

1928 Saint Marys (Hi Carpenter, Short Route) Saint Marys, West Virginia and Newport, Ohio, USA (Ohio River) J.E. Greiner Co. References BPL, GBD, PTS2	Use: Vehicular Status: Demolished, 1971 Main cables: Eyebar (steel) Suspended spans: 3 Main span: 700f
Notes Same design as the Silver Bridge that famously collapsed in 1967. Demolished 1971 as a precautionary measure because the engineers decided they could not tell if it suffered from the same flaw as the Silver Bridge without dismantling the eyebars. Companion to 1928 Point Pleasant (Silver) - Point Pleasant, West Virginia and Kanauga, Gallipolis vicinity, Ohio, USA.

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