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Norfolk and Western & Southen-Chapel Hill Street Overpass (W)

Durham County, North Carolina

Photos 

W Chapel Hill Pano3

Looking North

Photo taken by Royce and Bobette Haley in February 2015

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BH Photo #317313

Map 

Street Views 

Facts 

Overview
Steel stringer bridge over W Chapel Hill St on NSRR
Location
Duham, Durham County, North Carolina
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1960
Railroads
- Norfolk & Western Railway (NW)
- Norfolk Southern Railway (NS)
- North Carolina Railroad Co. (NCRR)
- Southern Railway (SOU)
Design
Steel stringer
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 21.0 ft.
Total length: 60.0 ft.
Also called
NS-Chapel Hill Overpass (W)
Approximate latitude, longitude
+35.99699, -78.90627   (decimal degrees)
35°59'49" N, 78°54'23" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
17/688723/3985641 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Southwest Durham
Inventory numbers
000000000063281
BH 66052 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Beam (15,926)
Built 1960 (333)
Built during 1960s (2,038)
Duham, North Carolina (1)
Durham County, North Carolina (27)
Have street view (27,132)
Norfolk & Western Railway (567)
Norfolk Southern Railway (1,963)
 North Carolina (973)
North Carolina Railroad Co. (41)
Open (40,045)
Owned by railroad (12,596)
Southern Railway (369)
Span length under 25 feet (6,918)
Steel stringer (6,333)
Total length 50-75 feet (9,326)

Update Log 

  • February 26, 2015: New photos from Royce and Bobette Haley
  • February 16, 2015: Added by Royce and Bobette Haley

Sources 

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

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