Parkersburg Bridge, Parkersburg

Name: Parkersburg Bridge
Address: Parkersburg, United States

#6 among attractions in Parkersburg

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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. The bridge was constructed from May 1869 to January 1871 by the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. At the time of its completion, the bridge was reportedly the longest in the world at 7,140 feet. ()

Opened: 1871 (153 years ago)Length: 7140 ftCoordinates: 39°16'12"N, 81°33'50"W

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

Nearby attractions include: Smoot Theatre, St. Francis Xavier Church, Henry Logan Memorial AME Church, Smith Building.

~1540 ftSE
Concerts and shows, Theater
Smoot Theatre, Parkersburg
8 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.
~1900 ftSE
Church, Gothic Revival architecture
St. Francis Xavier Church, Parkersburg
10 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.
~1010 ftSE
Church, Romanesque architecture
Henry Logan Memorial AME Church, Parkersburg
5 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.
0.4 miS
City hall
Smith Building, Parkersburg
11 min walk • Smith Building was a historic commercial building located at Parkersburg, Wood County, West Virginia.
0.9 miN
Bridge
Memorial Bridge, Parkersburg
24 min walk • 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.
~140 ftW
Bridge
Parkersburg–Belpre Bridge, Parkersburg
1 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.
0.5 miSE
Church, Gothic Revival architecture
Bethel AME Church, Parkersburg
14 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.
1.2 miE
Greek Revival architecture
Oakland, Parkersburg
30 min walk • "Oakland," also known as the James M. Stephenson House, is a home located in Parkersburg, Wood County, West Virginia. Although a slaveholder and sympathizing with the Confederacy, Stephenson was also married to the sister of Unionist Arthur Boreman, and allowed then Union Army Col.
0.4 miE
Neighbourhood
Julia-Ann Square Historic District, Parkersburg
12 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.
0.7 miE
Park
House at 10th and Avery Streets, Parkersburg
17 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.
~1910 ftS
Romanesque architecture, Romanesque revival architecture
Wood County Courthouse, Parkersburg
10 min walk • The Wood County Courthouse is a public building in downtown Parkersburg, West Virginia, in the United States. The courthouse was built in 1899 at a cost of $100,000 in the Richardsonian Romanesque style by local contractors Caldwell & Drake, according to the plans of architect L.

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Which popular attractions are close to Parkersburg Bridge?

Nearby attractions include Parkersburg–Belpre Bridge, Parkersburg (1 min walk), Henry Logan Memorial AME Church, Parkersburg (5 min walk), W.H. Smith Hardware Company Building, Parkersburg (7 min walk), George Neale Jr. House, Parkersburg (7 min walk).