{"id":661277,"date":"2026-03-06T15:16:19","date_gmt":"2026-03-06T20:16:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wvmetronews.com\/?p=661277"},"modified":"2026-03-06T20:04:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-07T01:04:06","slug":"pomeroy-mason-bridge-shut-down-friday-afternoon-due-to-barge-strike","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wvmetronews.com\/2026\/03\/06\/pomeroy-mason-bridge-shut-down-friday-afternoon-due-to-barge-strike\/","title":{"rendered":"Pomeroy-Mason bridge reopened Friday evening after barge strike"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>UPDATE 3\/6\/2026 8:05 p.m. <\/strong>&#8212; The Pomeroy-Mason Bridge back open Friday evening after it was hit by a runaway barge earlier in the afternoon.<\/p>\n<p>The West Virginia Department of Transportation said that a rope crew and inspector assessed all of the areas that were impacted and found no damage to the structure.<\/p>\n<p><strong>MASON, W.Va.\u00a0<\/strong>&#8211;A bridge that connects Mason, West Virginia and Pomeroy, Ohio is shut down due to a barge strike.<\/p>\n<p>According to a social media post from the Meigs County Sheriff&#8217;s Office, the Pomeroy-Mason Bridge was shut down a little before 2 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s unclear when the bridge, which is located between the end of West Main Street in Pomeroy and Second Street in Mason, will be back open. The West Virginia Department of Transportation will come in and inspect the bridge for any potential damage.<\/p>\n<p>No other information is available.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The bridge reopened around 7 Friday evening <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":661279,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-661277","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Pomeroy-Mason bridge reopened Friday evening after barge strike - WV MetroNews<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/wvmetronews.com\/2026\/03\/06\/pomeroy-mason-bridge-shut-down-friday-afternoon-due-to-barge-strike\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Pomeroy-Mason bridge reopened Friday evening after barge strike - 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