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Hempfield Viaduct & Tunnel No. 1 (abandoned) 1974 Former Baltimore and Ohio Railroad: Wheeling Creek: Wheeling: Ohio: WV-93: Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad, Great Bend Tunnel: 1872 Chesapeake and Ohio Railway: Talcott: Summers
In August 1867 the Liverpool Porcupine described the tunnels as being "a great nuisance" because drains ran straight into them, in one place creating a cess pool full of offensive water 15 feet (5 m) deep, and they were being used for dumping refuse, [7] including down chutes built into the buildings above for the purpose.
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Construction of the Memorial Tunnel began in 1952. [3] It opened to traffic on November 8, 1954, [1] at a final cost of $5 million. [4] Its construction required moving 91,000 cubic yards (70,000 m 3) of earth, and it was the first tunnel in the nation to have closed-circuit television monitoring.
This is a list of turnpike roads, built and operated by nonprofit turnpike trusts or private companies in exchange for the privilege of collecting a toll, in the U.S. states of Virginia and West Virginia, mainly in the 19th century. While most of the roads are now maintained as free public roads, some have been abandoned.
The Jennings Randolph Bridge, built in 1977, is the largest Pratt truss bridge in North America.It spans ~3,400 feet (1,000 m) over the Ohio River between Chester, West Virginia and East Liverpool, Ohio, with main span of 745 feet (227 m).
Harpers Ferry, West Virginia, and Maryland Heights, Maryland Jefferson County, West Virginia , and Washington County, Maryland 39°19′25″N 77°43′38″W / 39.32361°N 77.72722°W / 39.32361; -77.72722 ( Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, Harpers Ferry Bridge
Dangerous rock conditions at the east end of the tunnel and accidents with black powder caused many casualties, with a total of about 30 deaths and 300 injuries in the excavation of the Kingwood Tunnel and the contemporaneous Board Tree Tunnel on the same line. [1] The west portal of the original tunnel in 1974