Chelyan Bridge

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View Northwest, South End

Photo taken for the Historic American Engineering Record

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BH Photo #312182

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Description

This bridge, spanning the Kanawha River at Chelyan, was constructed in 1928-29. The construction of the bridge showed how the volume of traffic increased as advances were made in the automobile industry and the automobile became more in demand. It was also evidence of the increase in coal production. Consisting of seventeen spans, it is an excellent example of an early twentieth century steel bridge.

-- Historic American Engineering Record

Facts

Overview: Lost Through truss bridge over Kanawha River on Route 61 Spur
Location: Chelyan, Kanawha County, West Virginia
Status: Replaced by a new bridge
History: Built 1929; Replaced 1995
Builder: - J. E. Greiner Co. of Baltimore, Maryland & Chicago, Illinois
Design: Cantilevered Pennsylvania through truss
Dimensions: Length of largest span: 450.2 ft.
Total length: 1,359.0 ft.
Deck width: 20.0 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude: +38.19806, -81.49613 (decimal degrees)
38°11'53" N, 81°29'46" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates: 17/456558/4227907 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:: Cedar Grove
Inventory number: BH 65256 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Update Log

January 3, 2015: Added by Dave King

Sources

Dave King - DKinghawkfan [at] hotmail [dot] com
HAER WV-46 - Chelyan Bridge, Spanning Kanawha River at U.S. Route 61 spur, Chelyan, Kanawha County, WV