The Burl Stafford Bridge is a bridge that crosses the Pigeon Creek, a tributary of the Tug Fork.
Burl Stafford Bridge | |
|---|---|
| Coordinates | 37°39′53.7876″N 82°9′22.59″W |
| Carries | Motor vehicles, pedestrians and bicycles |
| Crosses | Tug Fork (Pigeon Creek) |
| Locale | 239 R A W Hwy, Delbarton, West Virginia 25670 |
| Named for | Burl Stafford |
| Characteristics | |
| Design | Arch bridge |
| Material | Cement |
| History | |
| Dedicated | February 5th, 2007[1] |
| Location | |
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Namesake
The Burl Stafford Bridge was named in dedication to Burl Stafford on February 5, 2007. Burl Stafford, born December 11, 1925, was a Mingo County, West Virginia native, who joined the Civilian Conservation Corps after his junior year at Burch High School, at the age of 16 years old. While serving for the U.S. Navy during World War II he obtained the rank of Naval Petty Officer.[2]
Afterward, he married Mary Blevins and had a career as a coal miner and mail carrier. He was also one of the founders of the First Baptist Church of Varney, and founder of the first Boy Scouts of America troops of the Varney, West Virginia area (Troop 333). Stafford later passed away on October 15, 1989, from Black lung disease.[3]
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