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Bridges & Tunnels is a record of historic or notable infrastructure, including bridges, tunnels, ferries, and highways.

06/17/2026

The Martin Tunnel is mostly sealed, though a small opening has been knocked through the cinder-blocked portal, allowing a limited view inside.

The tunnel was part of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad’s Fairmont Subdivision in West Virginia, a line completed around 1851. For more than a century, the route served the region’s timber, oil, gas, and coal interests, but those industries gradually declined through the 20th century. Timbering had largely faded by the end of the 19th century, while oil and natural gas production began to diminish by the 1940s. Through traffic ended in 1956, and the Fairmont Subdivision was abandoned in 1972.

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06/15/2026

This unusual truss bridge once carried both automobiles and coal across the West Fork River at Hutchinson, West Virginia.

Built in 1910 for the Hutchinson Coal Company, the bridge connected the company’s mine on the west side of the river with its preparation plant, tipple, and rail connection on the east bank. Its design reflected that industrial purpose: pedestrians and automobiles used the lower deck, while coal cars crossed on rails mounted along the upper truss system.

The bridge is now being replaced by the West Virginia Department of Transportation, with the new crossing expected to open this fall.

🔗 More photographs and the full history are available through the link in the comments. A visit helps support Bridges & Tunnels's ongoing work documenting these places through research, photography, and preservation-focused storytelling.

06/12/2026

2016 and 2026. Not much has changed.

The Littleton Bridge in Wetzel County, West Virginia, was erected by the Canton Bridge Company in 1893. The pin-connected Pratt through truss was bypassed and abandoned in 2006, yet it remains much as it did a decade ago.

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06/10/2026

The Adena Branch of the Wheeling & Lake Erie Railway was completed in 1904 for the Adena Railroad, which had been organized to connect the coal fields of Harrison and Belmont counties in Ohio to larger railroads. It included the construction of several tunnels and trestles.

The branch remained in service until 1993, when the Saginaw Mine south of St. Clairsville closed. With its principal remaining customer gone, the Adena Branch was abandoned soon afterward.

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06/08/2026

Heavy rain had moved in the night before, leaving the pond muddy and brown. I am hoping a return visit in June will make this bridge feel a little more inviting—and a little less spooky.

This is the Shaeffer-Campbell Covered Bridge, built in 1891 over Clear Creek in Fairfield County, Ohio. It was moved to Ohio University’s Eastern Campus in St. Clairsville in 1975 after being rescued from demolition.

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06/05/2026

The Indian Camp Covered Bridge carries a local township road over Indian Camp Creek in Guernsey County, Ohio. Built in 1855 as a multiple Kingpost truss, it was rehabilitated in 1999, later repaired after truck damage in 2023, and returned to service.

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06/03/2026

The Armstrong Covered Bridge, also known as the Clio Covered Bridge, was built in 1849 by Abraham Armstrong and originally crossed Salt Creek near Clio, Ohio. After surviving John Hunt Morgan’s 1863 raid, it was moved in 1966 during the development of Salt Fork State Park and preserved in Cambridge's City Park.

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06/01/2026

📸 Moody days have a way of bringing out the character of abandoned bridges.

This is the Wills Creek Bridge in Guernsey County, Ohio. The pinned Pratt through truss was built in 1894 by the Wrought Iron Bridge Company and closed to traffic in 2015.

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