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<A title=rickbrown1956@outlook.com href="mailto:rickbrown1956@outlook.com">Rick
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<DIV><B>Subject:</B> WPTA Run June 3</DIV></DIV></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 16pt">The Bold and the
Beautiful</SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal>An educational run by Rick Brown</P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">So, you want to know about the
bridges?<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Our 2 ˝ hour route will
take us over six bridges spanning the Ohio River between West Virginia and
Ohio.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Three of the bridges are
relatively modern four lane structures.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>They include:</SPAN></P>
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style="mso-list: ignore">1.<SPAN
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</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">The Fort Henry Bridge
carrying Interstate 70 opened in 1955.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>It is a tied-arch bridge with an exit onto Wheeling Island.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>See the following for more detailed
information: </SPAN><A id=LPlnk639939
href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Henry_Bridge"
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altdesc="The Fort Henry Bridge is a crossing of the Ohio River main channel in Wheeling, West Virginia. The tied-arch bridge carries two lanes in each direction of Interstate 70 (I-70), U.S. Route 40 (US 40), and US 250.<br/><br/>The bridge opened after four years of construction work on September 8, 1955, costing $6.8 million, $1.8 million over budget. The bridge, along with the aging Wheeling Suspension Bridge, are the only two road links from Wheeling Island to downtown Wheeling.<br/><br/>The 1,660-foot (510 m) long tied-arch bridge carries four lanes of concurrent highways I-70, US 40 and US 250 over the main channel of the Ohio River between Wheeling Island and downtown Wheeling, West Virginia.">The
Fort Henry Bridge is a crossing of the Ohio River main channel in
Wheeling, West Virginia. The tied-arch bridge carries two lanes in each
direction of Interstate ...</DIV></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></DIV>
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</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">The Jennings Randolph Bridge
carrying US Route 30 opened in 1977.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>With a main span of 754 feet, it is the largest bridge of its type (Pratt
through truss) in North America.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>More information at: </SPAN><A id=LPlnk205198
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altdesc="The Jennings Randolph Bridge, built in 1977, is the largest Pratt truss bridge in North America. It spans 754 feet (230 m) over the Ohio River between Chester, West Virginia and East Liverpool, Ohio. The bridge is located on U.S. Route 30 and is named after U.S. Senator Jennings Randolph (D-WV).">The
Jennings Randolph Bridge, built in 1977, is the largest Pratt truss bridge
in North America. It spans 754 feet (230 m) over the Ohio River between
Chester, West ...</DIV></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></DIV>
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</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">The Veterans Memorial Bridge
carrying PA Route 22 opened in 1990.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>This is a beautiful single tower “</SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-ascii-font-family: calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: calibri; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold">cable-stayed<B>”</B>
design, where </SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-ascii-font-family: calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: calibri">the
cables run directly from the tower to the deck forming a fan like pattern.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>This is in contrast to the modern
suspension bridge, where the secondary cables run vertically from the main cable
to the bridge deck.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>This
bridge</SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: arial; mso-ascii-font-family: calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: calibri">
is 1,964 feet long, and took 11 years and 70 million dollars to complete.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>See:<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></SPAN><A id=LPlnk363125
href="http://www.transportation.wv.gov/highways/bridge_facts/Modern-Bridges/Pages/VeteransMemorial(Weirton-Steubenville).aspx"
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altdesc="Similar in appearance to the Ohio River crossing at East Huntington more than 200 miles to the south, the cable-stayed Veterans Memorial Bridge carrying US 22 between Weirton, West Virginia and Steubenville, Ohio is instead a monolith of both concrete and steel, combining the strengths of both.<br/><br/>Once the historic Federal Land Office was relocated in 1982, the five contracts remaining were awarded in the mid-’80s to Mashuda Corporation, H.J. Schneider Construction, Inc., National Engineering & Contracting, Inc., Danis Industries Corporation and S.J. Groves & Sons.<br/><br/>When the bridge was under construction, only three cable-stayed steel girder trusses existed outside of Europe or Japan—in Sitka, Alaska; Luling, Louisiana, and Quincy, Illinois. In the National Steel Bridge Alliance’s 1999 World’s Longest Bridge Spans, the structure still ranked 79th of its type.">Veterans
Memorial (Weirton-Steubenville) Similar in appearance to the Ohio River
crossing at East Huntington more than 200 miles to the south, the
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other three bridges are each over 100 years old, one lane in each direction, and
use open grate decking – all the better to see the Ohio River!<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>They include:</SPAN></P>
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style='FONT: 7pt "Times New Roman"'>
</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: arial; mso-ascii-font-family: calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: calibri">The
Newell Bridge, built in 1905, has had no major alterations since
completion.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></SPAN><A
id=LPlnk999328
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style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: arial; mso-ascii-font-family: calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: calibri">http://historicbridges.org/bridges/browser/?bridgebrowser=wvirginia/newell/</SPAN></A><SPAN
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style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The Newell Bridge is privately owned,
and is operated as a toll bridge.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>It will cost you 75 cents one way.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>It is a </SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">cable suspension bridge with
riveted Double-Intersection Warren through truss stiffening. The main cable is a
wire cable, while the suspenders are steel rods with eyes and
turnbuckles.</SPAN><SPAN
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altdesc="The toll bridge carries a 2-lane road and sidewalk over the Ohio River between Newell, W.Va., and East Liverpool, Ohio. The Homer Laughlin China factory complex is on the West Virginia end of the bridge. The bridge's northern (Ohio) approach spans cross over the 4-lane US 30. <br/><br/>The Newell Bridge is historically significant as one of the last few remaining suspension bridges on the Ohio River. There used to be many more, but they have been destroyed one way or another. It is also among the oldest bridges remaining on the Ohio River.<br/><br/>The Newell Bridge is a privately owned toll bridge, that was owned by a company originally known as the Newell Bridge Company, then the Newell bridge and Railway Company, and today the Homer Laughlin China Company. The bridge has been extremely well maintained.">Historic
Suspension Bridge in East Liverpool and Newell Columbiana County, Ohio and
Hancock County, West Virginia. This spectacular structure is among the
last ...</DIV></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></DIV>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: arial; mso-ascii-font-family: calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: calibri"></SPAN> </P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: calibri; mso-ascii-font-family: calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: calibri"><SPAN
style="mso-list: ignore">2.<SPAN
style='FONT: 7pt "Times New Roman"'>
</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: arial; mso-ascii-font-family: calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: calibri">The
Market Street Bridge, also built in 1905, has had its share of problems.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></SPAN><A id=LPlnk953898
href="http://historicbridges.org/bridges/browser/?bridgebrowser=ohio/market/"
previewremoved="true"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: arial; mso-ascii-font-family: calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: calibri">http://historicbridges.org/bridges/browser/?bridgebrowser=ohio/market/</SPAN></A><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: arial; mso-ascii-font-family: calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: calibri">
</SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-ascii-font-family: calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: calibri">In
1922, the top chord of the bridge failed, and David Steinman (who later
engineered the Mackinac Bridge in Michigan) designed repairs that also increased
its load-bearing capacity.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The
approach truss spans remain original.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>The original steel for the bridge was fabricated by Jones and Laughlin
and Bethlehem Steel companies</SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: arial; mso-ascii-font-family: calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: calibri"></SPAN></P>
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altdesc="The suspension bridge provided a solution to crossing the Ohio River and many of this bridge type were built along the Ohio/West Virginia border, including the East Liverpool-Chester Bridge (1897), Newell-East Liverpool Bridge (1905), Belpre-Parkersburg Bridge (1916) and Fort Steuben Bridge (1928), among others.<br/><br/>The Market Street Bridge is a steel suspension bridge with an overall length of 1794' and a roadway width of approximately 22'. The structure consists of three main spans across the Ohio River that are cable-suspended with a stiffening through Warren truss.<br/><br/>E.K. Morse was the designer of the Market Street Bridge. Morse worked on the Hawkesbury River railroad bridge in Australia in 1887 and returned to the United States in 1889 to work as a consulting engineer in Pittsburgh.">Historic
Suspension Bridge in Steubenville and East Steubenville Jefferson County,
Ohio and Brooke County, West Virginia. This mighty suspension bridge with
tunnel ...</DIV></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></DIV>
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</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: arial; mso-ascii-font-family: calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: calibri">The
Wheeling Suspension Bridge, the crown jewel of our trip, </SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-ascii-font-family: calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: calibri">is
one of the few bridges in the entire country to be designated as a National
Historic Landmark.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></SPAN><A
id=LPlnk269423
href="http://historicbridges.org/bridges/browser/?bridgebrowser=wvirginia/wheeling/"
previewremoved="true"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-ascii-font-family: calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: calibri">http://historicbridges.org/bridges/browser/?bridgebrowser=wvirginia/wheeling/</SPAN></A><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-ascii-font-family: calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: calibri"><SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>This bridge was </SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: arial; mso-ascii-font-family: calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: calibri">completed
in 1849 – eleven years before the start of the American Civil War, and almost 50
years before the advent of the automobile. C</SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-ascii-font-family: calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: calibri">urrently,
the bridge has a vehicle weight limit of 4,000 lbs, and traffic is advised to
keep at least 50 feet between vehicles.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>Additionally, traffic lights at both ends restrict the number of cars
allowed on the bridge at any one time.</SPAN></P>
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altdesc="Turning The Spotlight From Wheeling's Suspension Bridge For A Moment.
This bridge is located in Wheeling, which is noted for its preserved Wheeling Suspension Bridge, that, like wooden covered bridges, is getting all the attention, when some of the attention should be shifted to other historic bridges.<br/><br/>The Wheeling Suspension Bridge is a bridge whose historic significance is without compare, and as such it is an important bridge to note. But there is a classic historic bridge discrimination event unfolding in Wheeling. Quite simply, the problem is Georgia Street Bridge, and more importantly the Bridgeport Bridge.<br/><br/>The Wheeling Suspension Bridge is the beginning of a preservation success story for Wheeling, but it should not be the end of the story! The demolition of either or both of Wheeling's two truss bridges would mark a huge loss for the historic bridge community, and would represent a huge loss for Wheeling.">Historic
Suspension Bridge in Wheeling Ohio County, West Virginia. This is the most
significant pre-Civil War bridge in the United
States!</DIV></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-ascii-font-family: calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: calibri"></SPAN> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in; TEXT-AUTOSPACE: ; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-ascii-font-family: calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: calibri">The
Wheeling Suspension Bridge was the center of a Supreme Court fight between
Wheeling WV and Pittsburgh PA</SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: times-roman">, located 50 miles
upstream. <SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Pittsburgh claimed that
the Wheeling Bridge obstructed steamboat traffic along the Ohio River, thereby
affecting the Pittsburgh economy. <SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>In May 1852 the Court decided that the
bridge did indeed obstruct steamboat traffic and ordered that the bridge either
be rebuilt higher or be torn down altogether.</SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in; TEXT-AUTOSPACE: ; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: times-roman"></SPAN> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in; TEXT-AUTOSPACE: ; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: times-roman">Not to be outdone,
the residents of Wheeling, backed by the legislatures of Virginia and Indiana,
went to Congress to ask that the bridge be declared part of the US 40 military
and postal road. <SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Three months after
the court ruling, Congress sided with Wheeling and declared the bridge a
necessary part of the US 40 postal and military road.</SPAN></P>
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style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in; TEXT-AUTOSPACE: ; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: times-roman"></SPAN> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-ascii-font-family: calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: calibri">That
ruling put a temporary halt to the Wheeling/Pittsburgh court battle for two more
years, until a strong windstorm in 1854 destroyed the deck of the then
five-year-old bridge.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Pittsburgh
again took the matter to the Supreme Court, but ended up losing this time
because of the military road designation.</SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-ascii-font-family: calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: calibri"></SPAN> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-ascii-font-family: calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: calibri">The
windstorm that destroyed the bridge created torsional movement and vertical
undulations that rose almost as high as the towers.</SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><A id=LPlnk440912
href="http://www.ohiocountylibrary.org/wheeling-history/suspension-bridge-collapse-may-17-1854/3288"
previewremoved="true"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-ascii-font-family: calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: calibri">http://www.ohiocountylibrary.org/wheeling-history/suspension-bridge-collapse-may-17-1854/3288</SPAN></A><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-ascii-font-family: calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: calibri"><SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The original designer, Charles Ellet,
rebuilt the bridge in 1859 with improvements taken from the designs of John
Roebling.</SPAN></P>
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...</A></DIV>
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altdesc="Destruction of the Wheeling Suspension Bridge!!
With feelings of unutterable sorrow, we announce that the noble and world renowned structure, the WHEELING SUSPENSION BRIDGE, has been swept from its strong holds by a terrific storm, and now lies a mass of ruins!<br/><br/>The summits of the towers on each side are several feet above the arch which united the. Upon the summits the cables rested on iron rollers, and it is supposed by some that the jar produced by the sudden falling of the cables on one side from the roller to the connecting arch below, was the cause of the disaster.<br/><br/>The span was 1010 feet between the summits of the towers, leaving the entire width of the river unobstructed for the passage of vessels beneath. The towers on the Wheeling side were 153 1/2 feet above low water level of the river. The Western towers, on Zane's Island, were 132 1/4 feet high.">With
feelings of unutterable sorrow, we announce that the noble and world
renowned structure, the WHEELING SUSPENSION BRIDGE, has been swept from
its strong holds by ...</DIV></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><SPAN
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-ascii-font-family: calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: calibri">And
one more interesting thought -- a 1953 report indicates that the current
suspension cables are either the original cables (salvaged from the river after
the windstorm), or the work of the 1859 reconstruction.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Either way, they are well over 150 years
old.</SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: arial; mso-ascii-font-family: calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: calibri"></SPAN> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Check out the links if you have
an interest in bridges, and/or historical structures.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>It will make your trip across the river
even more interesting if you have a background.</SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"></SPAN> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Rick Brown</SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">PS:<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Don’t forget to pre-register for British
Car Day at the PVGP</SPAN></P>
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