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Little Kanawha River Bridge

Wood County, West Virginia
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Overview
Girder Bridge over Little Kanawha River on I-77 northbound
Location
Parkersburg, Wood County, West Virginia
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1965
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 117.1 ft.
Total length: 630.9 ft.
Deck width: 29.9 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+39.23333, -81.51000   (decimal degrees)
39°13'60" N, 81°30'36" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
17/455983/4342794 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map
South Parkersburg
Inventory number
BH 35698 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 05/2010)
Deck condition rating: Serious (3 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Appraisal: Structurally deficient
Sufficiency rating: 69.1 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2008)
14,750

Categories 

Built 1965 (139)
Built during 1960s (1,213)
Deck girder (1,795)
Girder (3,227)
Have street view (9,880)
I-77 (4)
Navigable waterway (1,448)
Open (28,293)
 Owned by state (9,803)
Parkersburg, West Virginia (10)
Skewed (4,080)
Span length 100-125 feet (3,297)
Structurally deficient (16,674)
Total length 500-1000 feet (1,803)
West Virginia (982)
Wood County, West Virginia (22)

Update Log 

  • September 15, 2011: New Street View added by K. A. Erickson

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Little Kanawha River Bridge
Posted September 15, 2011, by K. A. Erickson

The Google overview shows shadows. A slab would not create that much of one. Street view angled over reveals bridges as twin steel deck girders.

Little Kanawha River Bridge
Posted September 15, 2011, by John Goold (BlueWilliamus [at] yahoo [dot] com)

I think it may be an error. At least in the last 30+ years there has never been a through truss bridge there.

Little Kanawha River Bridge
Posted September 15, 2011, by Robert Elder (robertelder1 [at] gmail [dot] com)

I have been going over these bridges since the early 1990s, and I do not remember a truss bridge at this location.

Little Kanawha River Bridge
Posted September 14, 2011, by J.P.

I would agree these bridges are lost.

Little Kanawha River Bridge
Posted September 14, 2011, by John Goold (BlueWilliamus [at] yahoo [dot] com)

Looking at the google system I don't think this is a truss bridge at all. Looks more like a poorly maintained concrete slab bridge. This is the future of these slab bridges, they are not going to last a century like the truss bridges they are replacing. They will more then likely end up like this bridge, structurally deficient after only 45 years in service.