Newell Toll Bridge between Ohio and West Virginia
With only fifty miles to go to make our noon appointment, we were off to a luxuriously late start at 10am. It was the first time in almost four weeks that we weren’t on the road by 7:30 AM. We crossed the West Virginia state line at East Liverpool, going over the hundred-plus-year-old Newell Bridge and into Chester for about five miles of West Virginia Lincoln Highway. The Newell Bridge is a model of our trip’s adopted theme, "We’re not done yet". Not only is the bridge still functional, but it’s a revenue generator with a seventy-five cent toll. (Ride a Piaggio MP3 and save a quarter!) The bridge is a two-lane, quaint steel structure with a stoplight on the West Virginia side. Somehow, you feel good just going over it. It has a steel-plate grade surface that’d make a two-wheeler squirrely. The MP3 handles it just fine. The bike continues to surprise with its ease of handling. Many non-riders have said, "You know, I’d give that a try.” They should, it’s a bike that can be handled on the first try.
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