Kanawha Bridge

The Kanawha Bridge, built by the American Bridge Company in 1907, was jointly used by the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway, the Charleston Interurban Company, vehicular, and pedestrian traffic[1] and was of a Parker through-truss design.[2] The bridge is located east of the Patrick Street Bridge and is now named the "Travis L. Castle Railroad Trestle,"[3] and is slated for transformation into a rail trail bridge.

Kanawha Bridge and Terminal Company
Kanawha Bridge and Terminal Company
Overview
LocaleCharleston, WV
Dates of operation1907–
Technical
Track gauge4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge

The Kanawha Bridge and Terminal Company was a bridge corporation, incorporated under the laws of West Virginia in 1907. The company owned the bridge and terminal facilities, along with 1.038 miles of track, all located at Charleston, West Virginia.[1]

The Chesapeake and Ohio Railway purchased the Kanawha Bridge and Terminal in 1910 and used it to connect itself with the Kanawha and Michigan Railway on the north side of the river.[4] The "Kanawha and Michigan Railway" is a Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway affiliate that was acquired by the New York Central Railroad and is now part of Norfolk Southern Railway's West Virginia Secondary.


References
  1. Interstate Commerce Commission (1929). "Valuation Docket No. 457, Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Company et al". Valuation Reports. 24: 476, 497.
  2. "C&O Bridge". Bridgehunter.com. Retrieved 2020-04-14.
  3. Open Railways Map
  4. Poor, Henry V (1915). Poor's Manual of the Railroads of the United States 1915. New York: American Bank Note Company. p. 1247.
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