Rating:
39954
{90}%
1 vote
Fayette Station Bridge
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Fayette Station Bridge
Taken from the overlook to the big bridge on US 19.
Photo taken by Bob Morgan in May 2007
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BH Photo #133869
Description
Fayette Station Bridge was the first bridge to cross the New River in Fayette County, West Virginia. The bridge was a result of the road building process when it was a local issue instead of the jurisdiction of the state and federal levels of government. The bridge eliminated the necessity for travelers to cross the dangerous New River in the gorge.
-- Historic American Engineering Record
Facts
- Overview
- Through truss bridge over New River on CR 82
- Location
- Fayette County, West Virginia
- Status
- Open to one-way southbound traffic
- History
- Built 1889; closed to traffic in 1977; reconstructed 1997
- Design
- Pennsylvania through truss
- Dimensions
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Length of largest span: 277.9 ft.
Total length: 420.0 ft.
Deck width: 14.4 ft.
- Also called
- Townsend's Ferry Bridge. Tunney Hunsaker Bridge (official name)
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +38.06473, -81.07711 (decimal degrees)
38°03'53" N, 81°04'38" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
- Approximate UTM coordinates
- 17/493235/4213000 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Fayetteville
- Average daily traffic (as of 2015)
- 609
- Inventory number
- BH 39954 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
- Inspection report (as of July 2018)
- Overall condition: Fair
Superstructure condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Deck condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 68.1 (out of 100)
View more at BridgeReports.com
Update Log
- September 14, 2020: New photos from Patrick Gurwell
- February 25, 2018: New Street View added by Dana and Kay Klein
- November 7, 2017: New photos from Roger Deschner
- November 6, 2017: New photos from Roger Deschner
- October 30, 2017: Updated by Roger Deschner: Noted that direction of 1-way traffic is southbound
- January 17, 2017: New photos from Robert Elder
- July 4, 2016: New photos from Royce and Bobette Haley
- March 25, 2015: New photo from Irma Hale
- December 27, 2014: HAER photos posted by Dave King
- March 3, 2013: Photo imported by Ben Tate
- September 10, 2012: Photo imported by Ben Tate
- March 28, 2010: New photo from Tom Hall
- March 28, 2010: New photo from James Simmons
- March 26, 2009: Updated by Joshua Collins: alternate name
- February 21, 2009: Added by Bob Morgan
Sources
- Bob Morgan - morgans212 [at] att [dot] net
- Bridges and Tunnels by Shermal Cahal - history of Fayetteville Station Bridge
- Joshua Collins - Bigjc1979 [at] aol [dot] com
- Historicbridges.org - by Nathan Holth
- James Simmons - james [at] simmons [dot] net
- Tom Hall - thomas [dot] hall [at] ffni [dot] com
- Ben Tate - benji5221 [at] yahoo [dot] com
- Roger Deschner - rogerdeschner [at] gmail [dot] com
- Todd Wilson
- HAER WV-60 - Fayette Station Bridge, Spanning New River at County Route 82, Fayette, Fayette County, WV
- Royce and Bobette Haley - roycehaley111 [at] yahoo [dot] com
- Robert Elder - robertelder1 [at] gmail [dot] com
- Dana and Kay Klein
- Patrick Gurwell - pgurwell [at] gmail [dot] com
I would describe it as a replica (albeit using bolts instead of rivets) that reused a few original members in the replica. A very small number of members on the bridge are original. If you look close you will find a few Phoenix brands on the steel. http://historicbridges.org/bridges/browser/?bridgebrowser=wv...