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Burnsville Bridge

Coordinates: 38°51′19″N 80°39′25″W / 38.85528°N 80.65694°W / 38.85528; -80.65694
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Burnsville Bridge
Burnsville Bridge in December 2011
Burnsville Bridge is located in West Virginia
Burnsville Bridge
Burnsville Bridge is located in the United States
Burnsville Bridge
LocationOld Bridge St. over the Little Kanawha River, Burnsville, West Virginia
Coordinates38°51′19″N 80°39′25″W / 38.85528°N 80.65694°W / 38.85528; -80.65694
Arealess than one acre
Built1893
ArchitectVariety Iron Works Company
Architectural stylePratt-Through Truss
NRHP reference No.95000254 [1]
Added to NRHPMarch 17, 1995

Burnsville Bridge is a historic Pratt-Through Truss bridge located at Burnsville, Braxton County, West Virginia. It was built in 1893, by the Variety Iron Works Company or Cleveland, Ohio and crosses the Little Kanawha River. It consists of two Truss spans and one girder span. The three spans are 44 feet, 138 feet, 3 inches, and 23 feet, 9 inches. The structure is supported on two stone piers and a stone abutment.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1995.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. ^ Thomas Lee Crutchfield and Laura Crutchfield (April 1994). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Burnsville Bridge" (PDF). State of West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2011-06-02.