Tunney Hunsaker Bridge

Tunney Hunsaker Bridge
Coordinates	38°03′53″N 81°04′37″W
Carries	CR-82 (Fayette Station Road)
Crosses	New River
Locale	Fayette County, West Virginia, U.S.
Characteristics
Design	Metal 16 Panel Pin-Connected Pennsylvania Through Truss
Total length	421 ft (128 m)
Width	14.4 ft (4.4 m), single lane
Longest span	279 ft (85.0 m)
History
Opened	1889 (1889) rehabilitated 1997 (1997)
Location

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. The bridge is named after Tunney Hunsaker, American boxer and former chief-of-police at Fayetteville, West Virginia.

Details

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.

History

Construction of the bridge was completed in 1889 by the Virginia Bridge and Iron Company of Roanoke, Virginia. 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.

Sources

• Trowbridge, David J., Philip Parlier, and Allison Frazier. "Fayette Station Bridge (Tunney Hunsaker Bridge)." Clio: Your Guide to History. August 3, 2020. Accessed April 17, 2021. https://www.theclio.com/entry/42242

External links

• Gallery of bridge pictures at historicbridges.org
• National Bridge Inventory Data Sheet (2013 Inventory)
• HISTORIC AMERICAN ENGINEERING RECORD, National Park Service
• Fayette Station Bridge, Spanning New River at County Route 82, Fayetteville, Fayette County, WV, Library of Congress