New Martinsville Bridge

The New Martinsville Bridge, or the Korean War Veterans Memorial Bridge, is a steel through truss bridge over the Ohio River between West Virginia and Ohio. It carries West Virginia Route 7 over the river between Hannibal, Ohio and New Martinsville, West Virginia.^[1]

New Martinsville Bridge
New Martinsville Bridge in 2005.
Coordinates	39°39′33″N 80°51′48″W
Carries	2 lanes of WV 7/ SR 536
Crosses	Ohio River
Locale	New Martinsville, West Virginia and Hannibal, Ohio
Maintained by	West Virginia Department of Transportation[1]
ID number	00000000052A007[1]
Characteristics
Design	steel through truss[1]
Total length	2,100 feet (640.1 m)[1]
Width	27.5 feet (8.4 m)[1]
Longest span	721.8 feet (220.0 m)
Clearance below	75 feet (22.9 m) over Ohio River[1]
History
Opened	1961[2]
Statistics
Daily traffic	8,200 (2005)[1]
Location

See also

• List of crossings of the Ohio River

References

1. "National Bridge Inventory: WV 00000000052A007". Retrieved April 16, 2010.^{[permanent dead link]}
2. "New Martinsville Bridge (New Martinsville/Hannibal, 1961)".