Burl Stafford Bridge | |
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| Coordinates | 37°39′53.7876″N82°9′22.59″W / 37.664941000°N 82.1562750°W |
| Carries | Motor vehicles, pedestrians and bicycles |
| Crosses | Tug Fork (Pigeon Creek) |
| Locale | 239 R A W Hwy, Delbarton, West Virginia 25670 |
| Named for | Burl Stafford |
| Characteristics | |
| Design | Arch bridge |
| Material | Cement |
| History | |
| Dedicated | February 5th, 2007 [1] |
| Location | |
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The Burl Stafford Bridge is a bridge that crosses the Pigeon Creek, a tributary of the Tug Fork.
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Afterward, he married Mary Blevins and had a career as a coal miner and mail carrier. He was also one of the founders of the First Baptist Church of Varney, and founder of the first Boy Scouts of America troops of the Varney, West Virginia area (Troop 333). Stafford later passed away on October 15, 1989, from Black lung disease. [3]
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