Tunney Hunsaker Bridge

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Tunney Hunsaker Bridge
Coordinates	38°03′53″N 81°04′37″W / 38.064827°N 81.07707°W / 38.064827; -81.07707
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; 133 years ago (1889) rehabilitated 1997; 25 years ago (1997)
Location

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.

Details[]

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]

History[]

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]

References[]

Sources[]

• Trowbridge, David J., Philip Parlier, and Allison Frazier. "Fayette Station Bridge (Tunney Hunsaker Bridge)." Clio: Your Guide to History. August 3, 2020. Accessed April 17, 2021. https://www.theclio.com/entry/42242

External links[]

• Gallery of bridge pictures at historicbridges.org
• National Bridge Inventory Data Sheet (2013 Inventory)
• HISTORIC AMERICAN ENGINEERING RECORD, National Park Service
• Fayette Station Bridge, Spanning New River at County Route 82, Fayetteville, Fayette County, WV, Library of Congress

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