Tunney Hunsaker Bridge

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Tunney Hunsaker Bridge
Tunney Hunsaker Bridge 2025a.jpg
The bridge in 2025
Coordinates 38°03′53″N81°04′37″W / 38.064827°N 81.07707°W / 38.064827; -81.07707
CarriesCR-82 (Fayette Station Road)
Crosses New River
Locale Fayette County, West Virginia, U.S.
Characteristics
DesignMetal 16 Panel Pin-Connected Pennsylvania Through Truss
Total length421 ft (128 m)
Width14.4 ft (4.4 m), single lane
Longest span279 ft (85.0 m)
History
Opened1889;136 years ago (1889)
rehabilitated 1997;28 years ago (1997)
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Tunney Hunsaker Bridge

The Tunney Hunsaker Bridge (also known as the Fayette Station Bridge) is an historic truss bridge over the New River in New River Gorge, West Virginia. [1] The bridge is named after Tunney Hunsaker, American boxer and former chief-of-police at Fayetteville, West Virginia.

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Deck of the bridge in 2010 Fayette Station Bridge - Tunney Hunsaker Sign.jpg
Deck of the bridge in 2010
Aerial view in 2007 Oldnewriverbridge.jpg
Aerial view in 2007

The bridge is a single-lane truss bridge consisting of one main span (279 ft (85.0 m) long) and two approach spans, a total length of 421 ft (128 m) that carries County Road 82 (Fayette Station Road) over the New River. [1]

History

Construction of the bridge was completed in 1889 by the Virginia Bridge and Iron Company of Roanoke, Virginia. [1] When the New River Gorge Bridge opened in 1977, the bridge, in a deteriorated state, was closed to traffic, and was rehabilitated and reopened in 1997. [1]

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