Third Street Bridge (Fairmont)

Third Street Bridge
Coordinates 39°28′45″N 80°08′39″W / 39.47917°N 80.14417°W / 39.47917; -80.14417Coordinates: 39°28′45″N 80°08′39″W / 39.47917°N 80.14417°W / 39.47917; -80.14417
Carries WV 310
Crosses Monongahela River
Locale Fairmont, West Virginia
Official name David Morgan Memorial Bridge
Maintained by West Virginia Division of Highways
Characteristics
Design Steel Girder Bridge
Total length 1,104 feet (336 m)[1]
Width 46.5 feet (14.2 m)[1]
History
Opened 1979[1]

The Third Street Bridge, officially known as the David Morgan Memorial Bridge, is a span that crosses the Monongahela River, in Fairmont, West Virginia. The bridge has a characteristic curve in it, and was built in 1979[1] in order to relieve some of the traffic from the Robert H. Mollohan-Jefferson Street Bridge after the Low Level Bridge had closed.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "National Bridge Inventory: Structure 00000000025A189". Federal Highway Administration. Retrieved 2008-10-30.
  2. Koon, Thomas and Oce Smith. Marion County West Virginia: A Pictorial History. VA: The Downing Company, 1995

See also


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