The Claysville "S" Bridge is a historic

S bridge An S bridge is a bridge whose alignment follows a reverse curve, shaped roughly like a shallow letter S in plan, used in early 19th-century road construction in the United States. They were generally used for crossing small, curving streams wi ...

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. The bridge is made of stone and was a part of the Cumberland Road (later

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) and helped transport wagons and stagecoaches amid the American westward expansion in the early 19th century. It passes over Buffalo Creek. In 1947, the

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installed a

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noting the historic importance of the bridge. It is designated as a historic bridge by the

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