Suspension Bridges Crossing West Fork River

This is a list of all 4 bridges from the suspension bridge inventory crossing West Fork River. Please note that different rivers with the same name will be grouped together. For example, selecting 'Bear Creek' shows bridges across several different Bear Creeks. Also, similarly named rivers are grouped separately. For example, 'River Dee' (UK) bridges are grouped separately from 'Dee River' (Australia) bridges. Wherever you see a Bridgemeister ID number click it to isolate the bridge on its own page.

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1910: Swinging

Spelter, West Virginia, USA - West Fork River
Bridgemeister ID:1983 (added 2005-12-02)
Year Completed:1910
Name:Swinging
Location:Spelter, West Virginia, USA
Crossing:West Fork River
Use:Footbridge
Status:Dismantled, 1951
Main Cables:Wire

Notes:

  • The book "Harrison County" in the "Images of America" series by Robert F. Stealey shows an image of this bridge stating it was "replaced by a new concrete span in the early 1960s".

External Links:

  • Asturian-American Migration Forum :: Lleendu tema - History of Spelter, an American Asturian Community. Mentions: "The [Grasselli Company] built a swinging footbridge across the West Fork River in 1910 to connect the town of Spelter with the Fairmont-Clarksburg interurban trolley line. The trolley stop was called 'Ziesing'. Wagons forded the river to bring supplies not carried into the town by the B.&O. Railroad. A school house was built on the hill… DuPont sold the townsite in 1950, including the swinging bridge, to John J. Moschetta who immediately sold the houses to the employees occupying them at the time. Mr. Moschetta dismantled the swinging bridge in 1951… In 1962 a new cement bridge was constructed north of the old vehicular bridge."

(footbridge)

Weston, West Virginia, USA - West Fork River
Bridgemeister ID:3145 (added 2019-11-03)
Name:(footbridge)
Location:Weston, West Virginia, USA
Crossing:West Fork River
Coordinates:39.026069 N 80.473931 W
Maps:Acme, GeoHack, Google, OpenStreetMap
Use:Footbridge
Status:In use (last checked: 2015)
Main Cables:Wire (steel)

(suspension bridge)

Clarksburg vicinity, West Virginia, USA - West Fork River
Bridgemeister ID:3146 (added 2019-11-03)
Name:(suspension bridge)
Location:Clarksburg vicinity, West Virginia, USA
Crossing:West Fork River
At or Near Feature:Clarksburg Country Club
Coordinates:39.241973 N 80.364126 W
Maps:Acme, GeoHack, Google, OpenStreetMap
Status:In use (last checked: 2021)

Photo by Wayne Grodkiewicz

Swinging

Adamston and North View, West Virginia, USA - West Fork River
Bridgemeister ID:1981 (added 2005-12-02)
Name:Swinging
Location:Adamston and North View, West Virginia, USA
Crossing:West Fork River
Use:Footbridge
Main Cables:Wire


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