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Bluestone River Bridge

Mercer County, West Virginia

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Bloch Road Pony Truss

Photo taken by C Hanchey in June 2010

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BH Photo #168365

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Overview
Pony truss bridge over Bluestone River on Bloch Rd (CR 20/5) in Bramwell
Location
Bramwell, Mercer County, West Virginia
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1930
Design
Warren pony truss
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 65.9 ft.
Total length: 136.2 ft.
Deck width: 15.1 ft.
Also called
Yon-Peraldo Memorial Bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude
+37.32575, -81.31157   (decimal degrees)
37°19'33" N, 81°18'42" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
17/472396/4131054 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Bramwell
Average daily traffic (as of 2012)
800
Inventory number
BH 35376 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection report (as of August 2014)
Overall condition: Poor
Superstructure condition rating: Serious (3 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Deck condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 12.2 (out of 100)
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Categories 

Bramwell, West Virginia (5)
Built 1930 (1,580)
Built during 1930s (10,710)
Doomed (1,045)
Functionally obsolete (7,810)
Mercer County, West Virginia (53)
One-lane traffic (7,488)
Open (36,970)
 Owned by state (14,059)
Pony truss (15,165)
Span length 50-75 feet (9,114)
Total length 125-175 feet (5,348)
Truss (29,822)
Warren pony truss (2,983)
Warren truss (5,938)
West Virginia (1,327)

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Bluestone River Bridge
Posted January 20, 2014, by Anonymous

This bridge, also known as the Yon-Peraldo Bridge, is now doomed:

http://m.bdtonline.com/BDT/pm_103628/contentdetail.htm?conte...