Cheat Lake Bridge

Photos

Overview during repainting

Photo taken by James Baughn

BH Photo #192038

Overview: Deck truss bridge over Cheat Lake on I-68
Location: Monongalia County, West Virginia
Status: Open to traffic
History: Built 1976
Design: Cantilevered Warren deck truss
Dimensions: Length of largest span: 363.9 ft.
Total length: 1,966.0 ft.
Deck width: 81.4 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude: +39.66967, -79.86280 (decimal degrees)
39°40'11" N, 79°51'46" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates: 17/597538/4391712 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:: Lake Lynn
Average daily traffic (as of 2015): 29,446
Inventory number: BH 42968 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection report (as of September 2017): Overall condition: Fair
Superstructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Deck condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 64 (out of 100)
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Cheat Lake Bridge

Posted May 10, 2016, by William Graff (wrg2112 [at] aol [dot] com)

What is the approximate height of the bridge at the roadway?

Cheat Lake Bridge

Posted December 8, 2013, by G Gamble (pug99us [at] yahoo [dot] com)

Friends and myself use to cross this bridge many times 65yrs ago,to fish in the lake. Lot's of good memory's here.

Cheat Lake Bridge

Posted January 14, 2011, by Robert Thompson

I suppose during the repainting, it could be classed as a "covered bridge"...

Yeah. Bad joke.