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View south along WV 817 at US 35 just southeast of Henderson. Prior to 1969, the route that is now WV 817 was numbered as the original West Virginia Route 17.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.
Up until the late 1960s, WV 62 was designated as U.S. Route 35 from Dunbar to Point Pleasant, crossing the Silver Bridge into Gallipolis, Ohio. After the Silver Bridge collapsed in 1967 (necessitating the building of a new bridge, the Silver Memorial Bridge —finished in 1969), US 35 was moved to the south bank (replacing the former WV 17) of ...
WV Route 28, Springfield Grade Road: Cedar Creek and Opequon Turnpike: March 24, 1851: Winchester - Marlboro: Cedar Creek Grade Charleston and Point Pleasant Turnpike: Charleston - Point Pleasant: WV Route 25, WV Route 62: Charleston and Ravenswood Turnpike: Charleston - Ripley - Ravenswood: Old U.S. Route 21, Ravenswood-Ripley Road Charles ...
Officially named the Point Pleasant Bridge, [1] it was popularly known as the Silver Bridge for the color of its aluminum paint. On December 15, 1967, the Silver Bridge collapsed amid heavy rush-hour traffic, resulting in the deaths of 46 people, two of whom were never found.
WV 2 crosses the Kanawha River over the Bartow Jones Bridge at Point Pleasant, West Virginia 1909 stone masonry rail bridge crossing WV-2 near Point Pleasant. WV 2 was reconstructed from Lesage to Glenwood as an improved two-lane highway with shoulders on a four-lane right-of-way in the mid-1980s.
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Mason County is a county in the U.S. state of West Virginia.As of the 2020 census, the population was 25,453. [1] Its county seat and largest city is Point Pleasant. [2] The county was founded in 1804 and named for George Mason, [3] delegate to the U.S. Constitutional Convention.