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The Silver Bridge was an eyebar -chain suspension bridge built in 1928 which carried U.S. Route 35 over the Ohio River, connecting Point Pleasant, West Virginia, and Gallipolis, Ohio. Officially named the Point Pleasant Bridge, [1] it was popularly known as the Silver Bridge for the color of its aluminum paint.
Up until the late 1960s, WV 62 was designated as U.S. Route 35 from Dunbar to Point Pleasant, crossing the Silver Bridge into Gallipolis, Ohio. After the Silver Bridge collapsed in 1967 (necessitating the building of a new bridge, the Silver Memorial Bridge —finished in 1969), US 35 was moved to the south bank (replacing the former WV 17) of ...
U.S. Route 35 US 35 in red, US 35 Bus. in blue Route information Length 417.73 mi [a] (672.27 km) Major junctions South end I-64 / CR 33 in Teays Valley, WV Major intersections SR 32 / SR 124 in Jackson, OH US 23 in Chillicothe, OH SR 159 in Chillicothe, OH SR 104 in Chillicothe, OH I-71 near Jeffersonville, OH I-675 in Beavercreek, OH I-75 / SR 4 in Dayton, OH I-70 near Richmond, IN I-69 near ...
The Mothman of Point Pleasant (2017) – A documentary. The Mothman Menace (2023) – A fictionalized account of the Silver Bridge collapse and other historical events from 1960s' Point Pleasant, WV. Craig McDonald, author. Other appearances. Watchmen (1986) – Features a minor superhero known as Mothman.
The original eastern end of the bypass at SR 7 was originally a four-leg intersection, with the fourth leg being formed by the Silver Bridge over the Ohio River to Point Pleasant, West Virginia. The Silver Bridge collapsed on December 15, 1967 as the result of previously unknown metal fatigue. 46 people died in the collapse. [6]
The Mothman Legacy is a 2020 American documentary film about the Mothman, a purported humanoid creature known for allegedly being sighted in Point Pleasant, West Virginia, in the 1960s. Directed and edited by Seth Breedlove, the film is a direct sequel to the 2017 documentary The Mothman of Point Pleasant and a follow-up to the 2019 documentary ...
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The town of Point Pleasant was built on the site of the original fort, and so the rebuilt fort was located nearby. Point Pleasant is a city in and the county seat of Mason County, West Virginia, United States, [6] at the confluence of the Ohio and Kanawha Rivers. The population was 4,101 at the 2020 census. [3]