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Point Pleasant was platted in 1813. [1] A post office called Point Pleasant that was established in 1826 remained in operation until 1983. [2] By 1833, Point Pleasant had about 130 inhabitants. [3] The Ohio River flood of 1937 inundated the community. [4] Point Pleasant is the birthplace of U.S. President Ulysses S. Grant. [5]
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.
The Ohio River at Cairo is 281,500 cu ft/s (7,960 m 3 /s); [1] and the Mississippi River at Thebes, Illinois, which is upstream of the confluence, is 208,200 cu ft/s (5,897 m 3 /s). [66] The Ohio River flow is greater than that of the Mississippi River, so hydrologically the Ohio River is the main stream of the river system.
Point Township and Uniontown Henderson Bridge (Ohio River) CSX Transportation: Union Township and Henderson: 1932 Bi-State Vietnam Gold Star Bridges: US 41: Evansville and Henderson (crosses the river entirely within the state of Kentucky at this point) 1932, 1965
Along the Ohio River near modern-day Point Pleasant, West Virginia, forces under the Shawnee chief Cornstalk attacked Virginia militiamen under Colonel Andrew Lewis, hoping to halt Lewis's advance into the Ohio Valley. After a long and furious battle, Cornstalk retreated.
Ohio River Way is seeking the designation for a stretch of the Ohio River from Ironton, Ohio to West Point, Kentucky, according to Brewster Rhoads, the nonprofit's chair. The 250-mile stretch of ...
Henderson–Point Pleasant: 1999 [1: Replaced Shadle Bridge built in 1930 [2] CSX Transportation Ohio River Subdivision: 1947 [3] Replaced earlier bridge opened in 1888 [3] Putnam County; Johnathon David Higginbotham Memorial Bridge WV 869: Fraziers Bottom–Buffalo: 1998 [4
A stretch of the Ohio River near Pittsburgh remained closed to maritime traffic on Monday as crews equipped with sonar looked for a barge believed to have sunk over the weekend — one of more ...