People pass away every day here in the Upper Ohio Valley, and 99.99 percent of those deaths only are mentioned on a newspaper’s Obituary Page, but in 2019 the public was shocked by a pair of reports out of Marshall and Ohio counties.
We know what patching a pothole looks like, and we’ve witnessed new bridge construction, but never before have residents of the Upper Ohio Valley seen our roadways in such a rotted condition.
If an individual has moved away, there’s something about this place that lures you back here whether you’re from the Ohio side or native of the northern panhandle, and those are the same reasons why many have never left. If you haven’t moved back, you do return every time it’s possible no matter where you live now.
But, in many ways, Howard dreads most the first significant snowfall in the region, and although the National Weather Service is not forecasting any of the white stuff for the Upper Ohio Valley until the first week of December, it’s on his mind.
Employees of Swank Construction have started removing the decking of the westbound span that extends the length of Wheeling Island to the border of Ohio, and the demolition has caused traffic delays for thousands of motorists traveling Interstate 70.
