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Big Coal River Pedestrian Suspension Bridge

Kanawha County, West Virginia
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Overview
Wire suspension bridge over Big Coal River on foot traffic
Location
Forks of Coal, Kanawha County, West Virginia
History
Built 1920 by Oregonia Bridge Company to serve along with little Coal River Pedestrian Bridge and link three land masses together in a coal mining community
Builders
- F.O. Burdett (County Engineer)
- Oregonia Bridge Co. of Lebanon, Ohio
Design
Wire suspension
Approximate latitude, longitude
+38.27250, -81.80015   (decimal degrees)
38°16'21" N, 81°48'01" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
17/430009/4236352 (zone/easting/northing)
Elevation
633 ft. above sea level
USGS topographic map
Alum Creek
Inventory number
BH 42463 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Built 1920 (698)
Built during 1920s (7,033)
F.O. Burdett (2)
Forks of Coal, WV (1)
Kanawha County, West Virginia (34)
Open to Pedestrians (2,084)
Oregonia Bridge Co. (15)
Pedestrian Bridge (39)
Suspension (278)
West Virginia (982)

Update Log 

  • February 22, 2010: Updated by Bob Morgan: added map marker and info
  • May 2, 2009: Updated by Greg Hall: corrected gps coordinates
  • April 28, 2009: Added by Greg Hall

Sources 

  • Greg Hall - cyclebay [at] aol [dot] com
  • Bob Morgan - morgans212 [at] nc [dot] rr [dot] com
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Big Coal River Pedestrian Suspension Bridge
Posted October 16, 2009, by Kim Pauley (kim1956 [dot] pauley [at] gmail [dot] com)

The east end of the swinging bridge over the Big Coal River side is located at my Dad's front yard. My sister rode her motorcycle over the bridge to get to the Point.

Big Coal River Pedestrian Suspension Bridge
Posted April 28, 2009, by Greg Hall (cyclebay [at] aol [dot] com)

Photo 1- Builder plaque

Photo 2- Looking West-both cable towers visible

Photo 3- Concrete cable anchor at West end. The other concrete anchor visible on the righ is for the Little Coal River (identical) Pedestrian Suspension Bridge

Photo 4- looking west from the railroad tracks

Webmaster's note: The photos that were here have been incorporated into the main site.

Big Coal River Pedestrian Suspension Bridge
Posted April 28, 2009, by Greg Hall (cyclebay [at] aol [dot] com)

Photo's taken during 2008 visit.

Photo 1- standing at East end/looking west

Photo 2- East end anchors/deck

Photo 3- Looking North-south end

Photo 4- Underneath deck

Photo 5- Looking South

Photo 6- plate/side

Webmaster's note: The photos that were here have been incorporated into the main site.