Burnsville Bridge is a historic Pratt-Through Truss

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located at Burnsville,

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. It was built in 1893, by the Variety Iron Works Company or

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and crosses the

Little Kanawha River The Little Kanawha River is a tributary of the Ohio River, 169 mi (269 km) long,Gilchrist-Stalnaker, Joy Gregoire. 2006. "Little Kanawha River." ''The West Virginia Encyclopedia''. Ken Sullivan, editor. Charleston, WV: West Virgi ...

. It consists of two Truss spans and one girder span. The three spans are 44 feet, 138 feet, 3 inches, and 23 feet, 9 inches. The structure is supported on two stone piers and a stone abutment. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1995.

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