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Elk River Bridge

Braxton County, West Virginia
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Overview
Abandoned parker through truss bridge over Elk River on Wv 4 (F)
Location
Gassaway, Braxton County, West Virginia
Status
Removed but not replaced
History
Built 1925: Bypassed 2001 Removed 2012
Design
Parker through truss
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 200.1 ft.
Total length: 358.0 ft.
Deck width: 19.7 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+38.66571, -80.77989   (decimal degrees)
38°39'57" N, 80°46'48" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
17/519148/4279704 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map
Gassaway
Inventory number
BH 52317 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 09/1999)
Deck condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Appraisal: Structurally deficient
Sufficiency rating: 2.0 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 1997)
2,500

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Braxton County, West Virginia (14)
Built 1925 (947)
Built during 1920s (7,033)
Gassaway, West Virginia (5)
Have street view (9,896)
Lost (10,369)
Lost 2012 (137)
Lost during 2010s (683)
Owned by state (9,808)
 Parker through truss (947)
Parker truss (1,267)
Span length 175-250 feet (1,484)
Structurally deficient (16,681)
Through truss (9,210)
Total length 250-500 feet (3,371)
Truss (23,574)
West Virginia (982)

Update Log 

  • September 7, 2012: Updated by Luke Harden: Updated status to removed
  • April 30, 2012: Added by Ben Tate

Sources 

  • Ben Tate - benji5221 [at] yahoo [dot] com
  • Luke Harden - lukemh9 [at] gmail [dot] com
  • Three pictures - Once touted as a potential movie location
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Elk River Bridge
Posted September 7, 2012, by jenny (butcherjenny [at] yahoo [dot] com)

This bride was recently demolished this week. I am looking for some video footage of it. Would you know of any?