Star City Bridge
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| Star City Bridge | |
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 Viewing the Star City Bridge from upstream in March 2008. |
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| Official name | Edith Barill Bridge |
| Carries |   US 19/WV 75 lanes (4 through plus 1 turn) |
| Crosses | Monongahela River |
| Locale | Star City, West Virginia |
| Maintained by | West Virginia Division of Highways |
| Design | Steel Girder Bridge |
| Opening date | 2002 |
| Coordinates | Coordinates: |
The Edith Barill Bridge, more commonly known as the Star City Bridge was built in 2004 and connected Star City, WV (a Morgantown suburb) to the other smaller towns of Granville, Osage, and Westover.
The former Star City Bridge, built in 1950, was very recognizable for its blue paint and its black polka dots. Many people who came into town from the western end had to cross this bridge to get to downtown and it became a very recognizable symbol. In 2002, that bridge was demolished and replaced by the current five-lane bridge that was completed in 2004. It has since been dedicated the Edith Barill Bridge but many still call it the Star City Bridge.
The new Star City Bridge is well-known throughout the area for it's technological advances. It is equipped with over 700 sensors that measure the weight, speed, and quantity of the vehicles that cross the bridge each day. This data will be studied at West Virginia University, and used to study the affect of everyday traffic on the bridge, but especially large, commercial trucks. The sensors will also measure how the bridge expands and contracts in the different temperatures of each season. The data will be used for the West Virginia Division of Highways to find and correct weak points in the bridge.
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