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Overview: Through truss bridge over Bull Creek on CR 52/29
Location: Wayne County, West Virginia
Status: Open to traffic
History: Built before 1925; rehabilitated 1994
Design: Pin-connected, 8-panel Camelback Pratt through truss
Dimensions: Length of largest span: 149.9 ft.
Total length: 150.9 ft.
Deck width: 12.8 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 17.3 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude: +37.92373, -82.48063 (decimal degrees)
37°55'25" N, 82°28'50" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates: 17/369866/4198386 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map: Webb
Inventory number: BH 35636 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 04/2010): Deck condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Appraisal: Functionally obsolete
Sufficiency rating: 65.7 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2007): 200

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June 3, 2010: Updated by Bill Eichelberger: Corrected GPS.

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Greg Hall - cyclebay [at] aol [dot] com
Bill Eichelberger

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Bull Creek Bridge

Posted May 7, 2009, by Greg Hall (cyclebay [at] aol [dot] com)

Photo's taken in 2007. Spoke with a man who lived at the south/west corner of the bridge who claimed to be over 80 years old. He stated that the bridge had been there since before he was born. There was evidence that the bridge had recently had some rehab done during our visit.

Photo 1- Looking North

Photo 2- Looking South/West

Photo 3- Steel mesh grate deck

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