Veterans Memorial Bridge, also known as the New Steubenville Bridge, is a cable-stayed bridge which carries

U.S. Route 22 U.S. Route 22 (US 22) is a west–east route and is one of the original United States highways of 1926, running from Cincinnati, Ohio, at US 27, US 42, US 127, and US 52 to Newark, New Jersey, at U.S. Route 1/9 in the Newark Airport Interchange ...

across the

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between Steubenville, Ohio and Weirton, West Virginia. The bridge succeeded the

Fort Steuben Bridge The Fort Steuben Bridge, originally the Weirton-Steubenville Bridge, was a suspension bridge which spanned the Ohio River from Steubenville, Ohio to Weirton, West Virginia and carried U.S. Route 22 and then Ohio State Route 822 during its exis ...

, which was built in 1928, though was still operational until 2009.

History

Planning for the bridge began in 1961 in Ohio and in 1964 in

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. The bridge's construction was approved by the

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in 1978. Construction began in 1979, and the bridge opened on May 1, 1990. The final cost of the bridge was $70 million.

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