Lewis v. Department of Highways

RULEY, JUDGE:

Claimant owns a tract of land on Cane Fork Road near St. Albans, Kanawha County, West Virginia. The area of the tract is approximately 1.5 acres and it is improved by a one-story house in which claimant resides. The western side of the property is bounded by 2 3/4 Mile Creek, and Cane Fork Road runs along the south side. When claimant moved onto the property, there was a bridge where the road crossed the creek. Sometime around 1974, the bridge was damaged, and respon*508dent replaced it with two 5 or 6 foot steel culverts. Claimant alleges that since the culverts were installed,…