Mahan Construction Company and overseen by the Ohio Department of Transportation, it was completed on December 30, 2008.

[3][4] Ownership of the bridge was transferred to the West Virginia Division of Highways upon completion.

Although work began in 2003, river flooding, poor soil stability, a rock slide, and potentially problematic formwork all caused setbacks in the building process.

In 2003, it was renumbered to State Route 833 when US 33 was relocated along a new super-two highway to the Ravenswood Bridge.

The demolition was also broadcast live via an Internet feed on WSAZ from Huntington, West Virginia.