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The Gauley River joins the New River to form the Kanawha River.
A view of the NYC bridge from the US-60 bridge.
Note the abandoned piers on this side of the railroad bridge.
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| 2011 photo by Irma Hale via BridgeHunter_NYC |
Those piers have been repurposed as a suspension bridge for a pipe.
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| 2011 photo by Irma Hale via BridgeHunter_NYC |
Normally, I would not note a steel-girder bridge, but Historic Bridges considered it worthy of inclusion. 1951 is probably an early date for steel-girder bridges.
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"This is a representative example of a large mid-20th century steel stringer bridge in West Virginia." |
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posted by Waldo's Adventures with the comment: "Old trestle over the gauley river gauley bridge wv has not seen a train in years someone clean the brush off the bridge."
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Originally, this bridge connected NYC with C&O.
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| 1931/48 Fayetteville Quad @ 62,500 |
When Conrail was split up, CSX got the bridge. Of course, CSX would have no desire to interchange with NS here. But a couple of Waldo's photos shows that rails are still on the bridge. Is CSX keeping this bridge intact in case they need an emergency detour? Looking at the satellite image, the C&O branch along the Gauley River doesn't look like it is used much. But if that is the case, why did they build a
2011 replacement bridge at Gauley?
Also, CSX has a connection with NS just downstream on the Kanawha River at the
Deep Water Bridge.
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