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VIEW EAST, NORTH END OF EASTERN ABUTMENT, SHOWING 1903 STONEWORK, 1918 CONCRETE FACING AND CAP, AND UNDERSIDE OF 1918 STEEL-AND-CONCRETE DECK - Cyrus Bridge, 195 feet West of intersection of County Road 19 and U.S. Route 52, Cyrus, Wayne County, WV
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VIEW EAST, NORTH END OF EASTERN ABUTMENT, SHOWING 1903 STONEWORK, 1918 CONCRETE FACING AND CAP, AND UNDERSIDE OF 1918 STEEL-AND-CONCRETE DECK - Cyrus Bridge, 195 feet West of intersection of County Road 19 and U.S. Route 52, Cyrus, Wayne County, WV
Depicted place West Virginia; Wayne County; Cyrus
Date Documentation compiled after 1968
Dimensions 4 x 5 in.
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Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
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HAER WVA,50-CYRUS,1-4
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  • Significance: The Cyrus Bridge was an essential structure along Whites Creek Road, which connected the village of Whites Creek and Wayne, the county seat. Commercial goods intended for sale in Wayne were brought to Whites Creek by water, rail, and road. These were deposited nearby in private storehouses west of the bridge, and were transhipped by wagon and truck to Wayne. Some of these goods were sold locally in community stores both east and west of the bridge. The bridge was used briefly, 1918-1924, in connection with a grade crossing over a single track line, but was abandoned when an underpass was built to cross beneath new double tracks laid in 1924. The Cyrus Bridge succeeded a wooden bridge (1903-1918) at the same spot, and incorporated the 1903 stonework into its reinforced concrete abutments. The Cyrus Bridge is a fortuitously preserved example of the kind of small bridges that were built by the Champion Bridge Company (founded 1872), Wilmington, Ohio, the oldest bridge company in the U.S. Techniques of deck construction used on the single-span Cyrus Bridge are illustrative of those used by Champion even on its larger truss and longer deck bridges. Moreover, these techniques were adapted for use in floors and roofs of concrete and steel buildings of the period. The Cyrus Bridge is considered eligible for listing in the National Register of Historic Places as a contributing structure pertaining to the nearby village of Whites Creek.
  • Survey number: HAER WV-54
Source https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/wv0355.photos.372852p
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