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New Martinsville Bridge

Coordinates: 39°39′33″N 80°51′48″W / 39.65917°N 80.86333°W / 39.65917; -80.86333
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New Martinsville Bridge
New Martinsville Bridge in 2005.
Coordinates39°39′33″N 80°51′48″W / 39.65917°N 80.86333°W / 39.65917; -80.86333
Carries2 lanes of WV 7/ SR 536
CrossesOhio River
LocaleNew Martinsville, West Virginia and Hannibal, Ohio
Maintained byWest Virginia Department of Transportation[1]
ID number00000000052A007[1]
Characteristics
Designsteel through truss[1]
Total length2,100 feet (640.1 m)[1]
Width27.5 feet (8.4 m)[1]
Longest span721.8 feet (220.0 m)
Clearance below75 feet (22.9 m) over Ohio River[1]
History
Opened1961[2]
Statistics
Daily traffic8,200 (2005)[1]
Location
Map

The New Martinsville Bridge, or the Korean War Veterans Memorial Bridge, is a steel through truss bridge over the Ohio River between West Virginia and Ohio. It carries West Virginia Route 7 over the river between Hannibal, Ohio and New Martinsville, West Virginia.[1]

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References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h "National Bridge Inventory: WV 00000000052A007". Retrieved April 16, 2010.[permanent dead link]
  2. ^ "New Martinsville Bridge (New Martinsville/Hannibal, 1961)".