Hi Carpenter Memorial Bridge
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  WV 807 / SR 807 |
| Crosses | Ohio River |
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| Design | Cantilever truss |
| Total length | 2579 feet |
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| Designer | E. Lionel Pavlo Engineering Company, New York, N.Y. |
| Construction begin | June 19, 1973 |
| Construction cost | $25.1 million (US) |
| Inaugurated | November 19, 1977 |
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| Location: | Ohio River near St Marys |
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| Location: | Ohio River near Newport |
The Hi Carpenter Memorial Bridge is a cantilever bridge over the Ohio River between Newport, Ohio and St. Marys, West Virginia. It carries Ohio State Route 807 (SR 807) and West Virginia Route 807 (WV 807) and serves to connect WV 2 with OH 7.
The Hi Carpenter Memorial Bridge begins immediately to the north of the road's T intersection with WV 2 (Pleasants Highway) just west of the city of St. Marys in Pleasants County, West Virginia. WV 2 heads southwest toward Parkersburg and northeast into St. Marys, where it provides access to WV 16. The four-lane cantilever truss bridge crosses over CSX's Ohio River Subdivision rail line before crossing the Ohio River. The bridge crosses the West Virginia–Ohio state line near the Ohio bank of the river. The structure ends immediately after crossing over OH 7 just east of the unincorporated village of Newport in Newport Township in Washington County, Ohio. From the north end of the bridge, the northern approach road has a sharp U-curve to the southeast to its end at an intersection with OH 7. OH 7 heads west through Newport toward Marietta and northeast toward Matamoras. The Ohio portion of the bridge and its approach road is part of the 0.42-mile-long (0.68 km) OH 807. The West Virginia portion of the bridge and its approach road is part of WV 807.
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