Wheeling Suspension Bridge (Wheeling, West Virginia)

USA / West Virginia / Wheeling / Wheeling, West Virginia
 NRHP - National Register of Historic Places, bridge, road bridge, 1840s construction, suspension bridge, U.S. National Historic Landmark
The Wheeling Suspension Bridge, built by Charles Ellet Jr., is a suspension bridge spanning the East channel of the Ohio River at Wheeling, West Virginia. It was the largest suspension bridge in the world from 1849 until the Queenston-Lewiston Bridge was opened in 1851. The bridge carried US40, the Old National Road, from Wheeling, to Wheelng Island on the way to Ohio. See Also: wheeling.weirton.lib.wv.us/history/landmark/bridges/SUS...
Photo Wheeling Convention Bureau: www.wheelingcvb.com/
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wheeling_Suspension_Bridge
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Coordinates:   40°4'12"N   80°43'36"W
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