Memorial Bridge, Parkersburg

Name: Memorial Bridge
Address: 5th St, Parkersburg, 26101, United States

#7 among attractions in Parkersburg

Top attraction, Bridge

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Facts and practical information

The Memorial Bridge, locally known as the toll bridge, crosses the Ohio River connecting Belpre, Ohio and Parkersburg, West Virginia. The bridge is an alternate route to access U.S. Route 50 in Ohio from central Parkersburg. ()

Completed: 1954 (70 years ago)Coordinates: 39°16'60"N, 81°33'41"W

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5th StParkersburg 26101 United States

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Memorial Bridge – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Grand Central Mall, Smoot Theatre, St. Francis Xavier Church, Henry Logan Memorial AME Church.

1.3 miN
Shopping, Shopping centre
Grand Central Mall, Vienna
34 min walk • Grand Central Mall is a 908,238-square-foot regional shopping mall in Vienna, West Virginia, near the larger city of Parkersburg. The mall opened in 1972 and is the only enclosed mall within thirty-five miles of its region.
1.2 miS
Concerts and shows, Theater
Smoot Theatre, Parkersburg
30 min walk • The Smoot Theatre is a historic vaudeville house and movie theater located in Parkersburg, Wood County, West Virginia. It was built in 1926, and is a brick and terra cotta building with a simple Classical style front. It features a Greek key cornice and a second story inset with four fluted columns in antis.
1.2 miS
Church, Gothic Revival architecture
St. Francis Xavier Church, Parkersburg
31 min walk • St. Francis Xavier Church is a historic church at 532 Market Street in Parkersburg, West Virginia. This church was built in 1869 and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1978. St. Francis Xavier is one of the four original churches of the Diocese of Wheeling. St. Xavier is also the oldest church building in Parkersburg.
1 miS
Church, Romanesque architecture
Henry Logan Memorial AME Church, Parkersburg
27 min walk • Henry Logan Memorial African Methodist Episcopal Church is a historic African Methodist Episcopal church at Ann & 6th Streets in Parkersburg, Wood County, West Virginia.
0.9 miS
Bridge
Parkersburg Bridge, Parkersburg
24 min walk • The Parkersburg Bridge crosses the Ohio River between Parkersburg, West Virginia, and Belpre, Ohio. Designed by Jacob Linville, the bridge has 46 spans: 25 deck plate girder, 14 deck truss, 6 through truss, and 1 through plate girder. 50,000 cubic yards of stone were used for the 53 piers.
0.9 miS
Bridge
Parkersburg–Belpre Bridge, Parkersburg
24 min walk • The Parkersburg–Belpre Bridge is a four-lane cantilever bridge that connects Parkersburg, West Virginia to Belpre, Ohio across the Ohio River. The bridge was completed in 1980. The bridge had been signed U.S.
1.2 miS
Church, Gothic Revival architecture
Bethel AME Church, Parkersburg
32 min walk • Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church was a historic African Methodist Episcopal church located at 820 Clay Street in Parkersburg, Wood County, West Virginia.
0.9 miS
Neighbourhood
Julia-Ann Square Historic District, Parkersburg
23 min walk • The Julia-Ann Square Historic District, is a national historic district located at Parkersburg, Wood County, West Virginia. It is to the west of the Avery Street Historic District.
0.9 miSE
Park
House at 10th and Avery Streets, Parkersburg
25 min walk • House at 10th and Avery Streets is a historic home located at Parkersburg, Wood County, West Virginia. It was built between about 1860 and 1879, and is a two-story, frame house in the Eastlake / Carpenter Gothic style.
1.1 miS
Church
First Baptist Church, Parkersburg
28 min walk • First Baptist Church is a historic Baptist church at 813 Market Street in Parkersburg, Wood County, West Virginia. It was built in 1871, and is a two-story, three by six-bay, brick church in the Italianate style, which was popular at the time.
1.1 miS
Church, Gothic Revival architecture
First Presbyterian Church, Parkersburg
28 min walk • First Presbyterian Church, also known as the Calvary Temple Evangelical Church, is a historic church at 946 Market Street in Parkersburg, Wood County, West Virginia. It was built in 1894, and is a two-story, brick and stone church building in a combined Romanesque / Gothic Revival style. It features a corner bell tower.

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Which popular attractions are close to Memorial Bridge?

Nearby attractions include Walton Wait House, Parkersburg (18 min walk), Julia-Ann Square Historic District, Parkersburg (23 min walk), Avery Street Historic District, Parkersburg (24 min walk), Parkersburg–Belpre Bridge, Parkersburg (24 min walk).