North Fork Hughes River Bridge
Facts
- Overview
- Through truss bridge over North Fork Hughes River on WV 31 in Cairo
- Location
- Ritchie County, West Virginia
- Status
- Replaced by a new bridge
- History
- Built 1925
- Builder
- - Vincennes Bridge Co. of Vincennes, Indiana
- Design
- Riveted Parker through truss
- Dimensions
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Length of largest span: 180.1 ft.
Total length: 184.1 ft.
Deck width: 18.4 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 15.1 ft.
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +39.20981, -81.15893 (decimal degrees)
39°12'35" N, 81°09'32" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 17/486278/4340072 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Cairo
- Average daily traffic (as of 2015)
- 750
- Inventory number
- BH 35542 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
- Inspection report (as of July 2017)
- Overall condition: Poor
Superstructure condition rating: Serious (3 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Serious (3 out of 9)
Deck condition rating: Serious (3 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 28 (out of 100)
View more at BridgeReports.com
Update Log
- September 15, 2019: Updated by Mike Kerkau: Builder
- September 14, 2019: Updated by Robert Elder: Bridge has been demolished
- August 28, 2016: New photos from Steve Conro
- October 15, 2013: New photo from Robert Elder
- October 1, 2013: New Street View added by Michael Miller
- April 22, 2010: Updated by Nathan Holth: Updated GPS and info.
Sources
- Nathan Holth
- Michael Miller - michael_a_miller [at] yahoo [dot] com
- Robert Elder - robertelder1 [at] gmail [dot] com
- Steve Conro - sconro [at] yahoo [dot] com
- Mike Kerkau - mjkerkau [at] gmail [dot] com
- Cairo Bridge
Comments
Well, it was in West Virginia so...
I have driven over this bridge many times, but the last time I drove over it was in October of last year. Thus, I'm guessing that it was demolished sometime early this year. If somebody can nail down an exact date, please let us know. I will try to do some more research on this myself. Cairo is a very historic town and this bridge was very much a part of the community.
Actually, I have spent quite a bit of time in this area although I have mostly photographed tunnels instead of bridges in West Virginia. I have a lot of family in this area.
You've ventured out of your normal territory Mr. Elder!
I just returned from a trip to West Virginia. This bridge has been demolished. There is a temporary bridge in use. The new bridge is nearing completion.
This page's URL is http://bridgehunter.com/wv/ritchie/43A160/
You probably would know of more/better places to look than I would Robert RE: when it was demolished, but a Google sweep did turn up something else interesting.
West Virginia's Highways Through History page for this bridge has several additional photos of it, including several detailed shots focused on the trusses and a few of the underside, and it also states that this was the work of the Vincennes Bridge Company.