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Elm Grove Stone Arch Bridge

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The Elm Grove Stone Arch Bridge is a 3 span stone arched bridge. The bridge is constructed with solid uncoarsed limestone blocks. The bridge reaches 208 feet in length over the Little Wheeling Creek below. The middle arch spans 38 feet with two arches to either side spanning 25 feet. The arches are
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The construction on the bridge began in 1817 and was completed later the same year. The bridge saw remodeling in 1931 and reinforced in 1953. The bridge is still in use today, still carrying traffic along Route 40.
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to reinforce and strengthen the bridge. The road has been paved with asphalt several times but has not destroyed the natural integrity in which it was designed and built in 1817.
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Colonel Moses Shepherd (1763–1832), son of David Shepherd and Rachel (née Teague) Shepherd and first husband of Lydia (née Boggs) Shepherd Cruger (1766–1867), moved to
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Original buttresses were removed in 1931 to make room for sidewalks on either side of the driving lanes. In 1953 the bridge was sprayed with
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shaped in an ellipse pattern rather than the popular semicircular pattern for aesthetic reasons giving the bridge a "humpback" appearance.
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running through Wheeling as well as Shepherd being awarded contracts to construct all bridges along the National Road in
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with his parents and siblings from Shepherdstown, West Virginia about 1771 and built his prominent home,
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Wheeling Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Passenger Station
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Elm Grove Stone Arch Bridge is located in West Virginia
Elm Grove Stone Arch Bridge is located in the United States
US 40
Wheeling, West Virginia
40°2′36.89″N 80°39′31.55″W / 40.0435806°N 80.6587639°W / 40.0435806; -80.6587639
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West Virginia
U.S. Route 40
Little Wheeling Creek
Elm Grove
National Register of Historic Places
Wheeling
Shepherd Hall
Henry Clay
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