fort bridge fort bridge originally suspension bridge spanned ohio west_virginia carried route existence completed opened toll bridge fort bridge direct route flow traffic river particularly trucks heavy vehicles industrial area fort bridge weight restricted closed deterioration bridge demolished february construction originally named construction bridge began completed direction engineering works department based pittsburgh pennsylvania project referred bridge ohio bridge spanned width service life serving link ohio west_virginia opened toll bridge november bridge main carrier traffic included trucks heavy duty vehicles associated industrial facilities area fort bridge provided direct route flow traffic previously use toll bridge cents inflation pedestrians cents inflation automobiles toll removed ownership bridge transferred state ohio improvements bridge late 1970s traffic congestion bridge problem study revealed bridge handle peak vehicles passing bridge hour excess traffic pushing theoretical capacity vehicles hour potentially cause bridge united_states senate report accompanying fiscal appropriation bill mentioned replacement high priority proposed schedule receive plans cable stayed superstructure february project approved mid april fort bridge replacement completed capped funding maintaining fort bridge inflation year weight restricted weakening structure time assessment prompted weight limit reducing bridge traffic consisted heavy trucks bridge known affected rain vibration closing demolition january dip floor bridge reported course routine maintenance prompting inspection bridge january deemed bridge unfit traffic citing significant deteriorating changes floor condition bridge repairs bridge conducted bridge expected demolished late cost repairs cost effective destroyed controlled demolition february contracted demolish bridge roadway approaches removed preparation demolition collection linear shape charges locations span totaling pounds explosives charges rigged series lasting seconds occurring apart cleanup debris demolition featured article included picture demolition spread pages
Fort Steuben Bridge