Duck Run Cable Suspension Bridge

Duck Run Cable Suspension Bridge

Duck Run Suspension Bridge, February 2011
Location Over the Kanawha R. S of jct. of WV 5 and WV 30, Trubada, West Virginia
Coordinates 38°55′38″N 80°47′28″W / 38.92722°N 80.79111°W / 38.92722; -80.79111Coordinates: 38°55′38″N 80°47′28″W / 38.92722°N 80.79111°W / 38.92722; -80.79111
Area less than one acre
Built 1922
Architect Moss, William M.; Lewis, Fred
Architectural style cable suspension bridge
NRHP Reference #

97000783

[1]
Added to NRHP July 9, 1997

Duck Run Cable Suspension Bridge, also known as Trubada Swinging Bridge, is a historic cable suspension bridge bridge that spans the Little Kanawha River at Trubada, Gilmer County, West Virginia. The bridge was built in 1922. The bridge is 351 feet, 7 inches, with a main span of 209 feet, 9 inches, and two half spans of 76 feet, 6 inches, and 65 feet, 4 inches. It features four reinforced concrete towers for the two wire rope cables.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1997.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2009-03-13). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ Emory L. Kemp (November 1996). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Duck Run Cable Suspension Bridge" (PDF). State of West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2011-06-20.


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