Glenville Truss Bridge
United States historic place
Glenville Truss Bridge | |
 Glenville Truss Bridge, February 2011 | |
38°55′58″N 80°50′20″W / 38.93278°N 80.83889°W / 38.93278; -80.83889 | |
| Area | less than one acre |
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| Built | 1885 |
| Architect | Wrought Iron Bridge Builders; Stewart Shirreffs and Co. |
| Architectural style | Pratt Through Truss |
| NRHP reference No. | 98001477 [1] |
| Added to NRHP | December 4, 1998 |
Glenville Truss Bridge is a historic Pratt Through Truss bridge that spans the Little Kanawha River at Glenville, Gilmer County, West Virginia. The bridge was built in 1885. The bridge is 240 feet, 6 inches, long and the main through truss span is 147 feet. It was designed and/or built by the Stewart, Shirreffs & Co. of Richmond, Virginia and fabricated by the Wrought Iron Bridge Builders of Canton, Ohio.[2]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1998.[1]
The bridge has suffered considerable damage in recent years and is now unusable. It was barred to vehicular traffic for several decades and has now been completely blocked off since a flood washed away a part of it at the left-bank end. There is a local movement to save and restore it, and a grant has even been obtained for that purpose, but since neither the city of Glenville nor Gilmer County claims ownership (and thus responsibility), the situation is at a standstill.
References
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^ Kim A. Valente (June 1998). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Glenville Truss Bridge" (PDF). State of West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Historic Preservation. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2011-06-29. Retrieved 2011-06-20.
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