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.

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; 136 years ago (1889) rehabilitated 1997; 28 years ago (1997)
Location

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.^[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]