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CSX - Rowlesburg Bridge
Photos
Rowlesburg Bridge
The B&O built bridges on this site in 1851 and 1873, the last being this one circa 1910.
Photo taken by William E. Barrett, Photographer, 1974, for HAER.
View photos at Library of Congress
BH Photo #153602
Description
The Rowlesburg Bridge is a typical example of an early 20th century riveted Warren Truss bridge. This bridge is the third on this site, the two previous being a Bollman Truss bridge (1870) and a Fink Truss bridge (1851).
Facts
- Overview
- Warren through truss bridge over Cheat River on CSX Railroad
- Location
- Rowlesburg, Preston County, West Virginia
- Status
- Replaced by a new bridge
- History
- Built ca. 1910; lost to a washout in 1985
- Builder
- - Albert Fink of Lauterbach, Hesse, Germany
- Railroads
- - Baltimore & Ohio Railroad (BO)
- CSX Railroad (CSX)
- Chessie System (B&O/C&O/WM)
- Design
- Riveted Warren truss
- Dimensions
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Length of largest span: 160.8 ft.
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +39.34834, -79.66632 (decimal degrees)
39°20'54" N, 79°39'59" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
- Approximate UTM coordinates
- 17/614919/4356281 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Rowlesburg
- Inventory number
- BH 43965 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Update Log
- December 7, 2019: New photo from Geoff Hubbs
- October 16, 2016: New photo from Dave King
- November 14, 2012: Updated by J.P.: Bridge has been replaced by a deck girder
- January 30, 2010: Added by J.R. Manning
Sources
- J.R. Manning - thekitchenguy [at] sbcglobal [dot] net
- HAER WV-13 - Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, Rowelsburg Bridge, Spanning Cheat River, Rowelsburg vicinity, Preston County, WV
- J.P. - wildcatjon2000 [at] gmail [dot] com
- Dave King - DKinghawkfan [at] hotmail [dot] com
- Geoff Hubbs
"Bridge 92" a two span (and two track) Warren Truss was washed out by November 1985 flood. Bridge replaced in three weeks by Chessie System, a single track deck girder bridge resting on steel pilings, which were encased in concrete in the following years. Bridge still in daily use on CSX.