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French Creek Bridge

Upshur County, West Virginia
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French Creek Pony Truss

Photo taken by Brian McKee 7-5-2011

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Overview
Pony truss bridge over French Creek on CR 32
Location
Upshur County, West Virginia
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1925
Design
Warren pony truss with all verticals
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 60.0 ft.
Total length: 63.0 ft.
Deck width: 18.0 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+38.88565, -80.29780   (decimal degrees)
38°53'08" N, 80°17'52" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
17/560902/4304321 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map
Adrian
Inventory number
BH 35621 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 09/2011)
Deck condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Appraisal: Structurally deficient
Sufficiency rating: 38.5 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2009)
20

Categories 

Built 1925 (947)
Built during 1920s (7,033)
Open (28,310)
Owned by state (9,808)
Pony truss (13,217)
Span length 50-75 feet (6,996)
Structurally deficient (16,677)
 Total length 50-75 feet (6,896)
Truss (23,568)
Upshur County, West Virginia (23)
Warren pony truss (1,987)
Warren pony truss with all verticals (139)
Warren truss (3,958)
West Virginia (982)

Update Log 

  • July 6, 2011: New photos from Brian McKee
  • July 5, 2011: Updated by Brian McKee: Corrected GPS Coordinates

Sources 

  • Brian McKee - bjmckee51 [at] yahoo [dot] com
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French Creek Bridge
Posted June 5, 2009, by Seth Gaines (sethgaines [at] gmail [dot] com)

The marker is way off. This bridge is just off WV 20, on what google says is Old WV 4, as you pass through French Creek. It was built by the Vincennes Bridge Co.