After moving (what a fun trip that was 
), I discovered a few things. One of them was my 1965 Bridge project (I was in 6th grade at the time). Apparently, Mom never threw away anything of mine. 
Here are some photos from that project.
First, my favorite. At this point in time, the bridge is double-tracked. Hard to tell, but there may be some rail cars parked on the plateau to the left of the bridge. When Grif Teller painted his 1953 portrait of the bridge, that area held dead tracks with K4s locomotives awaiting the scrapper's torch. Of course, that was depicted in the painting.
This photo is taken from the Ohio side of the upriver, upstream. There used to be a lock and the Steubenville Marina at this location in the 1960s-1980s. Can't recall when the lock was removed.
The photo below was taken from the WV side of the river, upstream. It's probably close to where the Ft. Steuben Bridge crossed the Ohio.
Below is the Market Street Bridge between Steubenville, OH and East Steubenville, WV. That's WV Route 2 to the left. The shot is taken somewhere upriver on the Ohio side. The Market Street bridge featured an open-grate roadway and for a time also carried trolley traffic. It's over 100 years old and still in use.
This is the Ft. Steuben suspension bridge for cars and trucks. It is roughly the same vintage as the railroad bridge, but it was closed in 2009 and demolished in 2012. Except for Freedom Way on the WV side, hardly a trace of this bridge's existence remains. I took this photo from the sand and gravel yard on the Ohio side. This is one of my favorite spots for photos. Just off camera to the right would be the railroad bridge.
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) were the goals. Only 6 years later, the industry started collapsing and imploding. It was worse in Pittsburgh as whole communities were destroyed almost overnight. Weirton did a lot better, lasting until 1990 before wide-spread downsizing hit the workforce and the operations.