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The Bellaire Bridge or Interstate Bridge is a privately owned, closed cantilever truss toll bridge that spans the Ohio River between Benwood, West Virginia (near Wheeling) and Bellaire, Ohio (near Martins Ferry). [1] It provided a link for commuters between southern Ohio border towns and West Virginia steel mills from 1926 to 1991. [2]
The span in Benwood, West Virginia. The spans to the bridge were completed in 1870. The Bellaire span contains 43 arched spans measuring 33 feet 4 inches (10.16 m) wide and varying from 10 to 20 feet (3.0 to 6.1 m) in height over the roadways of downtown Bellaire. The span comes down from the north and curves at 6 degrees to the east.
It carries Interstate 470 over the Ohio River between Bellaire, Ohio and Wheeling, West Virginia. Coordinates 40°02′59″N 80°43′51″W / 40.0498°N 80.7307°W / 40.0498; -80
Bellaire is a village in Belmont County, Ohio, United States, along the Ohio River. The population was 3,870 at the 2020 census, having peaked in 1920. It is part of the Wheeling metropolitan area. The Bellaire Bridge (now abandoned and closed) was filmed in the 1991 motion picture The Silence of the Lambs.
WOMP (100.5 FM) is a radio station broadcasting a classic hits format. Licensed to Bellaire, Ohio, United States, it serves the Wheeling, West Virginia, area.The station is currently owned by Cody Barack through licensee Ohio Midland Newsgroup, LLC and transmits from studio facilities in Bellaire.
WLYV (1290 AM) is a radio station broadcasting a news/talk/sports format. Licensed to Bellaire, Ohio, United States, it serves the Wheeling area.The station is currently owned by Cody Barack, through licensee Ohio Midland Newsgroup, LLC.
He played collegiately for the West Virginia University. Throughout his college and professional football career Lee alternated at both the halfback and fullback positions. [2] He played fullback at Bellaire High School in Bellaire, Ohio where he had 1,242 yards rushing and 144 points in his career.
The Battle of Blair Mountain was the largest labor uprising in United States history and is the largest armed uprising since the American Civil War. [5] [6] The conflict occurred in Logan County, West Virginia, as part of the Coal Wars, a series of early-20th-century labor disputes in Appalachia.