External Links:

• Bridgehunter.com | Abandoned Elk River Bridge North of Dorfee

External Links:

• South Branch Potomac River, Franklin W. Va. - West Virginia History OnView | WVU Libraries

Notes:

• Appears to have carried light vehicular traffic.

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• Listed as vehicular bridge due to "Jeep Bridge" notation on some topographical maps accompanying a footbridge symbol. The bridge appears to have been large enough to handle light vehicular traffic.

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• Near (footbridge) - Troy vicinity, Gilmer County, West Virginia, USA.

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• South of Hendricks near where Otter Creek flows into the Dry Fork.
• Near (footbridge) - Hendricks, West Virginia, USA.

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• Very narrow vehicular suspension bridge.
• 4,200-pound weight limit imposed, 1968.

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• Near (footbridge) - Brake vicinity, West Virginia, USA.

Notes:

• From a sign at the New River Gorge visitors center: "Built in the 1920's, this suspension bridge connected the New River Lumber Company sawmill with the Long bottom train station on the other side of the New River. Rail cars pulled by a steel cable carried lumber to the railroad station."

Notes:

• Coordinates are approximate location of this bridge, believed to be where present day (2020) Fleming-Sector Road would have continued to intersect the river. Location was also known as Glebe Station.

External Links:

• Sector - Wikipedia

Notes:

• Located off of Front Street. Heavily damaged by November, 2003 floods.

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• Closed since 2016 after an inspection deemed it unsafe. Was mentioned in local press several times in 2019 and 2020 with the community upset that no action was taken to repair the bridge which provided a convenient means of reaching downtown Elkins. Various articles in this time frame refer to the bridge as 76 or 80 years old.

Notes:

• 1990s-2000s: Rebuilt more than once.
• 2013-2014: Bridge is in a derelict state. By 2015 the deck is completely gone or removed.

Notes:

• A Civil War skirmish known as the "Wire Bridge Engagement" occurred on October 24, 1861 at the location of the present day (2020) Grace crossing (John Blue Bridge). The bridge played a prominent role as the event unfolded on and around the bridge, described very specifically as a wire bridge. A historical marker at the site shows an illustration from the New York Illustrated News (1862) clearly showing a period-correct vehicular suspension bridge.
• This location was in Virginia at the time the bridge was completed (prior to 1861, presumably).
• Coordinates are of the present day (2020) crossing at this location, believed to be very close to the location of the suspension bridge, if not the same location.