The Market Street Bridge, which spans the Ohio River between Stuebenville and Brooke County, will get $87.5 million in federal funds to replace it. U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., ranking member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee and member of the Appropriations Committee announced the move Friday morning.
“As we wrote and negotiated the infrastructure bill in the EPW Committee, we made it a priority to provide specific funding to repair and replace major bridges like the Market Street Bridge, which is a crucial thoroughfare for workers, residents, and visitors in our state every day,” Capito said. “Replacing the Market Street Bridge is a major win for the safety and future growth of West Virginia, and I’m proud to help deliver this significant amount of funding to address a critical infrastructure need for our state, especially having heard from so many residents and community leaders who stressed how critical this project is for the area.”
The funding for WVDOT Division of Highways comes through the Bridge Investment Program, which was established in the EPW Committee’s Surface Transportation Reauthorization Act that was included in the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, signed into law in 2021.
The Market Street Bridge has been closed since December, after an inspection showed the corrosion and deterioration of cable bunches supporting the bridge.
Capito also wrote a letter of support in January to U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg advocating for federal funding to replace the Market Street Bridge.