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NS - Elisha Creek Bridge

Davie County, North Carolina

Photos 

Looking South

Photo taken by Royce and Bobette Haley in February 2016

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BH Photo #357757

Map 

Description 

Dimensions are estimates

Facts 

Overview
Deck plate girder bridge over Elisha Creek on NSRR
Location
Davie County, North Carolina
Status
Open to traffic
Builder
- Virginia Bridge Co. of Roanoke, Virginia
Railroads
- Norfolk Southern Railway (NS)
- Southern Railway (SOU)
Design
Deck plate girder
Dimensions
Total length: 309.0 ft.
Deck width: 10.0 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+35.90147, -80.51354   (decimal degrees)
35°54'05" N, 80°30'49" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
17/543897/3973129 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Mocksville
Inventory number
BH 71007 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Built 1941 (467)
Built during 1940s (4,093)
Davie County, North Carolina (7)
Deck girder (5,750)
Girder (10,240)
Norfolk Southern Railway (1,919)
North Carolina (965)
 Open (39,886)
Owned by railroad (12,424)
Plate girder (7,928)
Southern Railway (362)
Total length 250-500 feet (5,231)
Virginia Bridge Co. (53)

Update Log 

  • July 4, 2016: Updated by Royce and Bobette Haley: added date
  • February 13, 2016: Added by Royce and Bobette Haley

Sources 

  • Royce and Bobette Haley - roycehaley111 [at] yahoo [dot] com
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Comments 

Elisha Creek Norfolk Southern Railway Bridge
Posted July 14, 2017, by Fmiser (fmiser [at] gmail [dot] com)

Dawn, the map that displays on the bridge page can be zoomed out. This can make it easy to figure out both in detail and in general where the bridge is located.

Elisha Creek Norfolk Southern Railway Bridge
Posted July 14, 2017, by Tony Dillon (spansaver [at] hotmail [dot] com)

Looks like it's just East of Mocksville.

Elisha Creek Norfolk Southern Railway Bridge
Posted July 14, 2017, by Dawn Myers (myersdawn73 [at] gmail [dot] com)

Where in Davie County is this?