Elk River PRR Truss Bridge (Abandoned)

Photos 

Exterior View Of Bridge

Photo taken by Wm. Edmund Barrett, August 9 and September 2, 1975 for HAER

View photos at Library of Congress

Map 

Street View 

Facts 

Overview

Abandoned through truss bridge over Elk River on Pennsylvania Railroad

Location

Charleston, Kanawha County, West Virginia

Status

Abandoned

Design

13-panel pin-connected Whipple through truss main span, with 1 7-panel pin-connected Pratt through-truss on each end of the main truss span.

Approximate latitude, longitude

+38.35791, -81.63010   (decimal degrees)
38°21'28" N, 81°37'48" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")

Approximate UTM coordinates

17/444948/4245714 (zone/easting/northing)

USGS topographic map

Charleston West

Inventory number

BH 44004 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Update Log 

• May 14, 2010: New Street View added by Joshua Collins
• March 2, 2010: Updated by Matthew Lohry: Updated bridge design information
• February 1, 2010: Added by J.R. Manning

Sources 

• J.R. Manning - thekitchenguy [at] sbcglobal [dot] net
• HAER WV-81 - Elk River Truss Bridge, Spanning Elk River at Penn Central Railroad tracks, Charleston, Kanawha County, WV
• Matt Lohry
• Joshua Collins - Bigjc1979 [at] aol [dot] com

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