Shepherd Bridge

Photos 

The south face

Photo taken by J.R. Manning in October 2007

Enlarge

BH Photo #110642

Map 

Facts 

Overview

Through truss bridge over Fish Creeek on CR 74

Location

Marshall County, West Virginia

Status

Replaced by a new bridge

History

Built 1897; demolished 2010

Design

Pin-connected Pennsylvania through truss

Dimensions

Length of largest span: 180.1 ft.
Total length: 242.1 ft.
Deck width: 13.5 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 10.0 ft.

Also called

Masons Bridge

Approximate latitude, longitude

+39.76565, -80.66640   (decimal degrees)
39°45'56" N, 80°39'59" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")

Approximate UTM coordinates

17/528573/4401800 (zone/easting/northing)

Quadrangle map:

Glen Easton

Average daily traffic (as of 2008)

100

Inventory number

BH 35324 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Inspection report (as of July 2009)

Overall condition: Poor
Superstructure condition rating: Serious (3 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Deck condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 10.4 (out of 100)
View more at BridgeReports.com

Categories 

Update Log 

• August 8, 2011: Updated by Will Nelson: Bridge Has been replaced.
• July 16, 2011: Updated by Brian McKee: Added alternate name
• June 3, 2010: Updated by Bill Eichelberger: Corrected GPS coordinates.
• January 30, 2008: New photos from J.R. Manning

Sources 

• J.R. Manning - thekitchenguy [at] sbcglobal [dot] net
• Bill Eichelberger
• Brian McKee - bjmckee51 [at] yahoo [dot] com
• Will Nelson
• Historicbridges.org - by Nathan Holth

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