Tunney Hunsaker Bridge

The Tunney Hunsaker Bridge is an historic truss bridge over the New River in New River Gorge, West Virginia. The bridge is named after Tunney Hunsaker, American boxer and former chief-of-police at Fayetteville, West Virginia.

Details

The bridge is a single-lane truss bridge consisting of one main span and two approach spans, a total length of that carries County Road 82 over the New River.

History

Construction of the bridge was completed in 1889 by the Virginia Bridge and Iron Company of Roanoke, Virginia. 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.