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Dent's Run or Laurel Point, Monongalia County

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Inventory Number: WV/48-31-03
County: Monongalia County
Township: Grant
Town/Village:
Bridge Name: Dent's Run or Laurel Point
Crosses: Dent's Run
Truss type: King
Spans: 1
Length: 40'
Roadway Width:
Built: 1889
Builder: W.A. Loar (abutments) & William and Joseph Mercer
When Lost: standing
Cause:
Latitude: N39 37.436
Longitude: W080 02.425
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Topographic map of the area
Directions: 2.9 miles west of I-79 (Exit 152) on US19, then 0.7 miles right on Sugar Grove Rd. (CR43) and 0.1 miles left on right side of John Fox Rd. (CR43/4). West-northwest of Laurel Point.

Dent's Run or Laurel Point Bridge, Grant, Monongalia County, WV Built 1889
Tom & Linda Burns Photo, March 23, 1986

Dent's Run or Laurel Point Bridge, Grant, Monongalia County, WV Built 1889
Bill Caswell Photo, July 15, 2007

Dent's Run or Laurel Point Bridge, Grant, Monongalia County, WV Built 1889
Tom & Linda Burns Photo, March 23, 1986

Dent's Run or Laurel Point Bridge, Grant, Monongalia County, WV Built 1889
Richard E. Roy Collection

Dent's Run or Laurel Point Bridge, Grant, Monongalia County, WV Built 1889
Bill Caswell Photo, January 21, 2019

Comments:
W.A. Loar built the abutments and William and Joseph Mercer built the superstructure, using a kingpost truss. A contract for repairs to the trusses, new floor beams and deck was awarded to Hoke Brothers Contracting, Inc. of Union, West Virginia for $185,684. The bridge was restored in 2004.

Sources:
Auvil, Myrtle. Covered Bridges of West Virginia Past & Present, 1973, pages 80 & 81
http://www.transportation.wv.gov/highways/bridge_facts/covered-bridges/Pages/DentsRunCoveredBridge.aspx
Wood, Miriam F. & Simmons, David A.. Covered Bridges: Ohio, Kentucky, West Virginia, 2007, pages 270, 278
National Society for the Preservation of Covered Bridges. World Guide to Covered Bridges, 2021, page 160

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