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Tunney Hunsaker Bridge | |
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Coordinates | 38°03′53″N 81°04′37″W / 38.064827°N 81.07707°W |
Carries | CR-82 (Fayette Station Road) |
Crosses | New River |
Locale | Fayette County, West Virginia, U.S. |
Characteristics | |
Design | Metal 16 Panel Pin-Connected Pennsylvania Through Truss |
Total length | 421 ft (128 m) |
Width | 14.4 ft (4.4 m), single lane |
Longest span | 279 ft (85.0 m) |
History | |
Opened | 1889 rehabilitated 1997 |
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The Tunney Hunsaker Bridge (also known as the Fayette Station Bridge) is an historic truss bridge over the New River in New River Gorge, West Virginia. [1] The bridge is named after Tunney Hunsaker, American boxer and former chief-of-police at Fayetteville, West Virginia.
The bridge is a single-lane truss bridge consisting of one main span (279 ft (85.0 m) long) and two approach spans, a total length of 421 ft (128 m) that carries County Road 82 (Fayette Station Road) over the New River. [1]
Construction of the bridge was completed in 1889 by the Virginia Bridge and Iron Company of Roanoke, Virginia. [1] When the New River Gorge Bridge opened in 1977, the bridge, in a deteriorated state, was closed to traffic, and was rehabilitated and reopened in 1997. [1]
This article needs additional citations for
verification. (April 2021) |
Tunney Hunsaker Bridge | |
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Coordinates | 38°03′53″N 81°04′37″W / 38.064827°N 81.07707°W |
Carries | CR-82 (Fayette Station Road) |
Crosses | New River |
Locale | Fayette County, West Virginia, U.S. |
Characteristics | |
Design | Metal 16 Panel Pin-Connected Pennsylvania Through Truss |
Total length | 421 ft (128 m) |
Width | 14.4 ft (4.4 m), single lane |
Longest span | 279 ft (85.0 m) |
History | |
Opened | 1889 rehabilitated 1997 |
Location | |
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The Tunney Hunsaker Bridge (also known as the Fayette Station Bridge) is an historic truss bridge over the New River in New River Gorge, West Virginia. [1] The bridge is named after Tunney Hunsaker, American boxer and former chief-of-police at Fayetteville, West Virginia.
The bridge is a single-lane truss bridge consisting of one main span (279 ft (85.0 m) long) and two approach spans, a total length of 421 ft (128 m) that carries County Road 82 (Fayette Station Road) over the New River. [1]
Construction of the bridge was completed in 1889 by the Virginia Bridge and Iron Company of Roanoke, Virginia. [1] When the New River Gorge Bridge opened in 1977, the bridge, in a deteriorated state, was closed to traffic, and was rehabilitated and reopened in 1997. [1]