Historic Bridges
of the United States
Kanawha River Bridge
Kanawha County
,
West Virginia
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Overview
Through truss bridge over Kanawha River on Southbound I-77 in Charleston
Location
Charleston
,
Kanawha County
,
West Virginia
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1954; rehabilitated 1986
Design
Through truss
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 474.1 ft.
Total length: 2,166.1 ft.
Deck width: 37.7 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 16.1 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+38.31000, -81.56167
(decimal degrees)
38°18'36" N, 81°33'42" W
(degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
17/450895/4240360
(zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map
Charleston East
Inventory number
BH 35237
(Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection
Average daily traffic
(as of 2004)
19,500
Categories
Built 1954
(134)
Built during 1950s
(1,417)
Charleston, West Virginia
(7)
Functionally obsolete
(5,108)
I-77
(5)
Kanawha County, West Virginia
(20)
Kanawha River
(9)
Open
(21,822)
Owned by state
(6,645)
Span length 250-500 feet
(587)
Through truss
(5,419)
Total length 1000-2500 feet
(715)
Truss
(16,067)
West Virginia
(763)
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