| Crosses: | Ohio River |
| Official Name: | William S. Ritchie, Jr. Bridge |
| Open: | 1981 |
| Design: | Cantilever bridge |
| Length: | 2710feet |
| Mainspan: | 900feet |
| Maint: | West Virginia Department of Transportation |
| Header Type: | former |
| State: | OH |
| Type: | SR |
| Route: | 824 |
| Location: | Meigs County |
| Formed: | 1981 |
| Deleted: | 2003 |
| Header Type: | former |
| State: | WV |
| Type: | SR |
| Route: | 338 |
| Location: | Ravenswood |
| Formed: | 1981 |
| Deleted: | 2003 |
The William S. Ritchie Jr. Bridge, more commonly known as the Ravenswood Bridge, is a two-lane cantilever bridge in the United States, connecting Ravenswood, West Virginia and rural Meigs County, Ohio, across the Ohio River. It has a total length of 2710feet with a main span of 900feet. The bridge was completed in 1981.[1]
The bridge replaced a ferry that had crossed the river between Ravenswood at Walnut Street and rural Lebanon Township since at least 1908.[2] [3] When the bridge opened in 1981, on the Ohio side of the river, the bridge and its approach route carried the 0.57adj=midNaNadj=mid Ohio State Route 824 (SR 824).[4] The crossing originally led to a winding two-lane SR 338. On the West Virginia side, the bridge carried West Virginia Route 338.[5] [6] In 2003, the SR 824 and WV 338 designations were removed when the US 33 relocation in Meigs County was completed and the US 33 designation was moved onto the bridge.[7]