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White's Creek Covered Bridge

Wayne County, West Virginia
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Northeast, Abutments And 1954 Highway Bridge

View Northeast, Abutments And 1954 Highway Bridge

Photo taken by Douglas L. Bailey for HAER

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Description 

"The White's Creek Covered Bridge served as an essential structure along the Big Sandy River Road. The road and its bridge were of both regional and local importance. The bridge played an important role in facilitating local economic life based on agriculture and trade. The bridge was demolished in 1957, leaving only its abutments. The abutments are considered eligible to the National Register of Historic Places as contributing structures pertaining to the nearby village of White's Creek, W.Va."

From the Historic American Engineering Record report, 1992

Facts 

Overview
Lost Howe truss covered bridge over Whites Creek on Big Sandy Road
Location
Cyrus, Wayne County, West Virginia
Status
Lost
History
Built 1877; Replaced by modern bridge in 1957
Design
Howe through truss
Dimensions
Span length: 83.5 ft.
Total length: 83.5 ft.
Deck width: 21.0 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+38.30744, -82.57111   (decimal degrees)
38°18'27" N, 82°34'16" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
17/362634/4241094 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map
Burnaugh
Inventory number
BH 43943 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

19th Century (3,820)
Built 1877 (50)
Built during 1870s (544)
Covered (925)
Cyrus, West Virginia (2)
Howe through truss (203)
Howe truss (249)
Lost (10,361)
Lost 1957 (7)
 Lost during 1950s (103)
Owned by state (9,808)
Span length 75-100 feet (4,718)
Through truss (9,205)
Total length 75-100 feet (4,795)
Truss (23,568)
Wayne County, West Virginia (24)
West Virginia (982)

Update Log 

  • January 29, 2010: Updated by J.R. Manning: Updated Ownership
  • January 28, 2010: Updated by J.R. Manning: Fixed a typo
  • January 27, 2010: Added by J.R. Manning

Sources 

  • J.R. Manning - thekitchenguy [at] sbcglobal [dot] net
  • HAER WV-53 - White's Creek Covered Bridge Abutments, Spanning White's Creek on Big Sandy River Road, Cyrus vicinity, Wayne County, WV

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