Point Pleasant Rail Bridge
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The Point Pleasant Rail Bridge is a cantilever bridge
that crosses the Ohio River
between Gallia County, Ohio
and Point Pleasant, West Virginia
. At the present time, the bridge is being used by Norfolk Southern for transporting goods from point to point via rail, but it was once used by Conrail, Penn Central, and the New York Central Railroad
.
Cantilever bridge
A cantilever bridge is a bridge built using cantilevers, structures that project horizontally into space, supported on only one end. For small footbridges, the cantilevers may be simple beams; however, large cantilever bridges designed to handle road or rail traffic use trusses built from...
that crosses the Ohio River
Ohio River
The Ohio River is the largest tributary, by volume, of the Mississippi River. At the confluence, the Ohio is even bigger than the Mississippi and, thus, is hydrologically the main stream of the whole river system, including the Allegheny River further upstream...
between Gallia County, Ohio
Gallia County, Ohio
As of the census of 2000, there were 31,069 people, 12,060 households, and 8,586 families residing in the county. The population density was 66 people per square mile . There were 13,498 housing units at an average density of 29 per square mile...
and Point Pleasant, West Virginia
Point Pleasant, West Virginia
Point Pleasant is a city in Mason County, West Virginia, United States, at the confluence of the Ohio and Kanawha rivers. The population was 4,637 at the 2000 census...
. At the present time, the bridge is being used by Norfolk Southern for transporting goods from point to point via rail, but it was once used by Conrail, Penn Central, and the New York Central Railroad
New York Central Railroad
The New York Central Railroad , known simply as the New York Central in its publicity, was a railroad operating in the Northeastern United States...
.