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WWRC - Ashland Truss Bridge
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WWRC - Ashland Truss Bridge
Photo taken by Alexander D. Mitchell IV in May 2016
BH Photo #354508
Description
Railroad built 1872; span erected 1907 with recycled span from Bridge 124 on the Baltimore & Ohio RR's Wheeling (West Va.) Division.Facts
- Overview
- Pratt through truss bridge over Red Clay Creek on Wilmington & Western RR (former Baltimore & Ohio)
- Location
- Ashland, New Castle County, Delaware
- Status
- Ocasional use by excursion trains
- History
- Built 1907 from one span of Bridge 124 on B&O Wheeling Division; railroad sold to Historic Red Clay Valley 1982
- Railroads
- - Baltimore & Ohio Railroad (BO)
- Chessie System Railroads (CSRR)
- Wilmington & Western Railroad (W&W; WWRC)
- Design
- Pratt through truss on skew
- Dimensions
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Total length: 104.0 ft.
Deck width: 18.0 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 22.0 ft.
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +39.80117, -75.65434 (decimal degrees)
39°48'04" N, 75°39'16" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 18/443983/4405894 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Kennett Square
- Inventory number
- BH 71743 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Update Log
- May 29, 2017: Updated by Christopher Finigan: Added category "Pin-connected"
- June 7, 2016: New photos from Alexander D. Mitchell IV
- April 6, 2016: New Street View added by Alexander D. Mitchell IV
Related Bridges
- Creek Road Bridge (Downstream) - Adjacent and parallel
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Located Bridge 124 in Marion County, West Virginia on the original 1918 B&O Valuation Map for the Wheeling Division courtesy of the B&O Railroad Museum archives. Val Map image is attached for reference. The former location for the bridge is 39.56998778 -80.3579943 for those that want to get an idea (all grown over with trees in the Google/Bing satellite images). Track has been long since removed but the route can be traced on Open Railway Map. The Bridge 124 crossed Pyles Fork Creek just west of Drakes Run Road. https://www.openrailwaymap.org/?lang=&lat=39.569204709968034...