Hawkinberry Run Bridge

A rigid concrete bridge over Hawkinberry Run near Rivesville, West Virginia, was built for the Fairmont & Clarksburg Electric Railroad, an electric interurban railway linking Fairmont and Clarksburg.

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A rigid concrete bridge over Hawkinberry Run near Rivesville, West Virginia, was built for the Fairmont & Clarksburg Electric Railroad, an electric interurban railway linking Fairmont and Clarksburg. The initial line between the two cities became operational in 1907. ²

In 1912, the Fairmont & Clarksburg Traction Company merged with the Fairmont & Mannington Railroad to form the Monongahela Valley Traction Company. ^{1 2 4} By 1914, the company had started offering local freight services, coordinating with the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad. ^{1 2}

In 1921, reflecting its expansion into the power industry, the company was renamed the Monongahela Power & Railway Company, with interurban operations continuing under its Monongahela Valley Traction Company subsidiary. ^{3 4} By 1923, ⁴ the company was under the management of the West Penn Public Service Company and became known as the Monongahela West Penn Public Service Company. ¹

The Monongahela West Penn was acquired by City Lines of West Virginia in 1944. ^{1 2} By 1947, the remaining interurban network was converted to bus operations.

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Sources

1. Burns, Adam. “West Virginia Interurban and Streetcar History.” American-Rails.com, 24 May 2023.
2. Tanner, Borgon “Streetcar Lines.” e-WV: The West Virginia Encyclopedia, 29 May 2020.
3. Workman, Michael. “Fairmont, West Virginia: A Historic Industrial Survey.” The Institute for the History of Technology and Industrial Archaeology, 22 Mar. 1993, pp. 35-36, 51.
4. “Transit Systems in West Virginia – Historic Interurban Railways.” Chicago Transit & Railfan Web Site.