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The Silver Bridge was an eyebar-chain suspension bridge built in 1928 which carried U.S. Route 35 over the Ohio River, connecting Point Pleasant, West Virginia, and Gallipolis, Ohio. Officially named the Point Pleasant Bridge , [ 1 ] it was popularly known as the Silver Bridge for the color of its aluminum paint.
Silver_Bridge,_1928.jpg (286 × 154 pixels, file size: 13 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) ... Photograph of the Silver Bridge in Point Pleasant, West Wirginia, upon ...
Silver Memorial Bridge: US 35: ... Point Pleasant Rail Bridge: Norfolk Southern Railway: Addison Township and Point Pleasant: 1885, 1919
Following the collapse of the Silver Bridge at Point Pleasant, a new bridge (the Silver Memorial Bridge) was built to carry U.S. Route 35 across the Ohio River. The new bridge was built slightly downstream, now south of the mouth of the Kanawha River. With the new location, West Virginia moved US 35 from the northern bank of the Kanawha River ...
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In 1805, a rustic bridge over Wappinger Creek was replaced with a newly designed covered bridge, which stood until 1911.
Point Pleasant was widely noted for the 1967 collapse of the Silver Bridge, which killed 46 people. On October 10, 1974, Point Pleasant celebrated the 200th anniversary of the Battle of Point Pleasant. A replica of Fort Randolph was built in 1973-74 and dedicated as part of the festivities.
PORTSMOUTH — Search and rescue crews are again searching the Piscataqua River Thursday to locate a person who reportedly jumped off the Portsmouth side of the high-level Interstate 95 bridge ...