Blennerhassett Island Bridge

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Blennerhassett Island Bridge
Carries	Will carry (4 lanes)
Crosses	Ohio River
Locale	Belpre, Ohio and Parkersburg, West Virginia
Maintained by	Ohio Department of Transportation West Virginia Department of Transportation
Design	Network Arch Bridge
Longest span	878 feet (268 m)
Total length	4,009 feet (1,222 m)
Width	107 feet (33 m)
Vertical clearance	76 feet (23 m)
Opening date	June 13, 2008

Blennerhassett Island Bridge is currently under construction. The bridge will be a Network Arch Bridge upon its completion on June 13, 2008 ^[1] at a cost of $120 million dollars. This is the final piece to the Corridor D project which is apart of the Appalachian Development Highway System^[2]. The bridge will be marked U.S. 50 for the entire structure once it's completed.

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The bridge will travel over the Ohio River and the historic Blennerhassett Island west of Belpre and Parkersburg. The bridge will be owned by the ODOT and WVDOT. The bridge is currently being constructed by the Walsh Construction Company of Chicago^[2].