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The B&O Railroad's first bridge across the Ohio River, built in 1857, served a rail line through Parkersburg, West Virginia. But the growing center of Chicago, Illinois, made a span between Benwood, West Virginia, and Bellaire more desirable. In 1865, the B&O obtained the Central Ohio Railroad and later the Sandusky, Mansfield & Newark Railroad.
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 Bellaire Bridge (now abandoned and closed) was filmed in the 1991 motion picture The Silence of the Lambs. The curved railroad viaduct and bridge over the Ohio, the B & O Railroad Viaduct, were featured in the 2010 film Unstoppable and is a registered historic structure.
B & O Railroad Viaduct: CSX Baltimore and Ohio Railroad line Bellaire and Benwood: 1870 Bellaire Bridge (Closed, Demolition planned) Bellaire and Benwood 1926 (closed 1991) Vietnam Veterans Memorial Bridge: I-470: Brookside and Wheeling: 1985 Wheeling Suspension Bridge (crosses main channel only) WV 251
Share of the Bellaire, Zanesville and Cincinnati Railway Company, issued 31. March 1890 1908 Ohio River and Western Railway Passenger Schedule [2] The Ohio River & Western Railroad was a 112-mile long (180 km) narrow gauge railway that was incorporated in 1875 and operated from 1877 or 1878 till 1931. The railroad was located in southeastern Ohio.
B&O Railroad Bridge, crossing the Schuylkill River in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; B & O Railroad Viaduct, crossing the Ohio River in Bellaire, Ohio; Glenwood B&O Railroad Bridge, crossing the Monongahela River in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; Thomas Viaduct, Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, crossing the Patapsco River between Relay and Elkridge, Maryland
The B&O, which had acquired an interest in the CO to keep it going during the war, leased the railroad and began a capital improvements program. In 1871 a stone and steel bridge crossed the Ohio River between Bellaire and Wheeling, greatly improving service. Part of the bridge infrastructure included the B & O Railroad Viaduct. The line ...
B & O Railroad Viaduct, crossing the Ohio River in Bellaire, Ohio; Bahia Honda Rail Bridge, crossing the Bahia Honda Channel in the Florida Keys, Florida; Big Black River Railroad Bridge, crossing the Big Black River between Warren and Hinds counties, Mississippi