Burnsville Bridge Explained

Burnsville Bridge
Location:Old Bridge St. over the Little Kanawha River, Burnsville, West Virginia
Coordinates:38.8553°N -80.6569°W
Built:1893
Architect:Variety Iron Works Company
Architecture:Pratt-Through Truss
Added:March 17, 1995
Area:less than one acre
Refnum:95000254

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.[1]

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

Notes and References

  1. Web site: National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Burnsville Bridge. April 1994. 2011-06-02 . Thomas Lee Crutchfield and Laura Crutchfield. State of West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Historic Preservation.