Cheat Bridge, West Virginia

Cheat Bridge is an unincorporated community in southeastern Randolph County, West Virginia, United States. It is located near U.S. Route 250's crossing of the Shavers Fork River.

Cheat Bridge

As its name suggests, Cheat Bridge is named because of the bridge over Shavers Fork of Cheat River located here. Presumably there was a prior bridge for the Staunton-Parkersburg Turnpike, but the current bridge on site is a steel truss bridge built in 1912 by the Canton Bridge Company. This bridge currently carries County Route 250/4, which provides access to adjacent Monongahela National Forest lands. The existing bridge is in rather poor shape and has a 3-ton load limit.

Today, U.S. Route 250 crosses the Shavers Fork River on a 1934 truss bridge located approximately north of Cheat Bridge.

Durbin & Greenbrier Valley Railroad

Cheat Bridge also serves as a stop for the Cheat Mountain Salamander train operated by the Durbin and Greenbrier Valley Railroad. Prior to 2008, the Cheat Mountain Salamander was powered by a railcar that departed from Cheat Bridge. Beginning in 2008, this train is now operated as a regular passenger train departing from the Elkins depot. For a shorter 3-hour trip to Spruce, passengers may still board at Cheat Bridge.

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See also

• Monongahela National Forest
• Gaudineer Knob, located to the east on Shavers Mountain
• White Top, located to the west on Cheat Mountain

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