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CSX - Tray Run Viaduct
Photos
Albert Fink Design Truss, ca. 1880
Photocopied 1974 From Album Of Baltimore And Ohio Railroad, Witteman Brothers, Smithsonian Institution, 1882. Woodcut Illustration Of Trestle Work, Cheat River Gorge
Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record
View photos at Library of Congress
BH Photo #153675
Description
The original bridge on this site was designed by Albert Fink and utilized his patented truss type. It was replaced by a wrought iron trestle in 1887. This structure was replaced by a masonry arch bridge in circa 1905. The history of the Tray Run Viaduct is most notable because of its association with Albert Fink.
Facts
- Overview
- Closed-spandrel arch bridge over Tray Run on CSX Railroad
- Location
- Preston County, West Virginia
- Status
- Open to traffic
- History
- Fink truss built here 1852; Replaced with wrought iron bridge 1887; Replaced by masonry arch, 1905
- Builder
- - Albert Fink of Lauterbach, Hesse, Germany
- Railroads
- - Baltimore & Ohio Railroad (B&O; BO)
- CSX Railroad (CSX)
- Design
- Closed-spandrel arch
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +39.35793, -79.69438 (decimal degrees)
39°21'29" N, 79°41'40" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
- Approximate UTM coordinates
- 17/612485/4357310 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Rowlesburg
- Inventory number
- BH 43971 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Update Log
- January 30, 2010: Added by J.R. Manning
Sources
- J.R. Manning - thekitchenguy [at] sbcglobal [dot] net
- HAER WV-18 - Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, Tray Run Viaduct, Spanning Tray Run, Rowelsburg vicinity, Preston County, WV