The Valley Bend Bridge carries CR 37 (Back Road) over the Tygart Valley River in Valley Bend, West Virginia.
The Valley Bend Bridge was constructed in 1900 by the Canton Bridge Company of Canton, Ohio. 1 2 The pin-connected Pratt through truss was rehabilitated in 1993.
Details
- State: West Virginia
- Route: CR 37
- Status: Active (Automobile)
- Type: Pratt Through Truss
- Total Length: 204'
- Main Span Length: 160'
- Spans: 0
- Deck Width: 14.5'
- Roadway Width: 0
- Height of Structure: 0
- Above Vertical Clearance: 13.4'
- Navigational Clearance: 0
Sources
- Bridge plaque.
- Ingrid Wuebber and Fred M. Holycross. “Historic Context Study of pre-1956 Highway Bridges of West Virginia and an Assessment of the West Virginia Bridge Rating System, State Purchase Order DCH 01064.” West Virginia State Historic Preservation Office. Sept. 2002, p. A-50