New Point Marion Bridge Opened

Photo Credit: Darrell Sapp/Post Gazette

The new Point Marion Bridge opened, and the old Albert Gallatin Memorial Bridge bridge was closed to traffic on October 22.

Visit the historic Point Marion Bridge (Albert Gallatin Memorial Bridge) while you can! The National Register Listed Bridge closed to traffic on October 22nd and is to be demolished November 9th. The 1930 bridge is the third oldest thru cantilever bridge in the state! Note that the replacement bridge, a single span Parker truss, has an extra-wide sidewalk to carry a trail.

The Point Marion Bridge carried PA 88 over the Monongahela River between Fayette and Greene counties.

The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette wrote this article about the bridge:
http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09295/1007532-455.stm

Article on the Old Sharpsburg Bridge in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

There is an article in today's Post-Gazette about the old Sharpsburg Bridge, which was replaced by the current Robert D. Fleming Bridge.

http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09280/1003522-294.stm

New Hampshire Bridge Photos Added

Photos of the bridges of New Hampshire have been added to the site.

See the bridge below and other new photos for the following New Hampshire counties:
Rockingham County
Strafford County














Piscataqua River Bridge
Rockingham County, NH

New Bridge Photos from the Historic Bridge Weekend

Bridgemapper has updated photos of several bridges in southwestern Pennsylvania, the West Virginia panhandle, and southeastern Ohio, to new photos taken during the Historic Bridge Weekend.

New photos have been added in Beaver, Fayette, and Greene Counties in Pennsylvania, Belmont and Jefferson Counties in Ohio, and Brooke and Ohio Counties in West Virginia.














Wheeling Suspension Bridge
Wheeling, WV (Ohio County)

Bakerstown Culmerville Road Bridge Closed

The Bakerstown Culmerville Road Bridge was closed today. It is owned by the B&LE Railroad, and the newspaper article says the railroad will repair the bridge. We'll see.

http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09274/1002310-147.stm

http://www.pghbridges.com/curtisville/0598-4500/bakerstownrd_blerr.htm

http://www.bridgemapper.com/maps/pa/pa_allegheny.htm