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3rd Avenue Bridge

Cabell County, West Virginia

Photo 

3rd Avenue - Gyyandotte River Bridge

1912 view

Photo from old postcard via James E Casto

License: Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike (CC BY-SA)

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View this photo at herald-dispatch.com

BH Photo #468808

Map 

Facts 

Overview
Lost Parker through truss bridge over Guyandotte River on 3rd Avenue
Location
Huntington, Cabell County, West Virginia
Status
Replaced by a new bridge
History
Built 1907
Railroads
- Camden Interstate Railway
- Interurban
- Ohio Valley Electric Railway
Design
Massive pinned Parker through truss
Approximate latitude, longitude
+38.43012, -82.39160   (decimal degrees)
38°25'48" N, 82°23'30" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
17/378535/4254456 (zone/easting/northing)
Inventory number
BH 88725 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Built 1907 (784)
Built during 1900s (7,989)
Cabell County, West Virginia (32)
Camden Interstate Railway (3)
Guyandotte River (4)
Huntington, West Virginia (19)
Interurban (1,086)
Lost (32,302)
Ohio Valley Electric Railway (3)
Owned by city (6,315)
 Parker through truss (1,456)
Parker truss (1,855)
Pin-connected (5,505)
Rail-and-Road (403)
Railroad (17,179)
Replaced by new bridge (22,014)
Through truss (19,311)
Truss (38,697)
West Virginia (1,621)

Update Log 

  • January 15, 2022: Updated by Paul Plassman: Added truss type
  • January 15, 2022: Updated by Luke: Added categories "Ohio Valley Electric Railway", "Camden Interstate Railway", "Interurban", "Railroad", "Rail-and-Road"
  • March 27, 2020: New photo from Geoff Hubbs

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Sources 

  • Geoff Hubbs
  • Paul Plassman

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