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NS - Yadkin River Bridge

Forsyth County, North Carolina, and Davie County, North Carolina

Photos 

Looking North

Photo taken by Royce and Bobette Haley in December 2015

Enlarge

BH Photo #348347

Map 

Description 

Dimensions are estimates

Facts 

Overview
Warren deck truss with all verticals bridge over Yadkin River on NSRR
Location
Forsyth County, North Carolina, and Davie County, North Carolina
Status
Open to traffic
Builder
- Virginia Bridge & Iron Co. of Roanoke, Virginia [also known as Virginia Bridge Co.]
Railroads
- Norfolk Southern Railway (NS)
- Southern Railway (SOU)
Design
Warren deck truss with all verticals-Approaches include closed spandrel stone arches, closed spandrel concrete arches and steel stringers
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 132.0 ft.
Total length: 1,031.0 ft.
Deck width: 15.0 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+35.97461, -80.40007   (decimal degrees)
35°58'29" N, 80°24'00" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
17/554087/3981298 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Advance
Inventory number
BH 70302 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Arch (12,649)
Built 1928 (1,220)
Built during 1920s (10,254)
Closed-spandrel arch (4,255)
Davie County, North Carolina (7)
Deck arch (11,886)
Deck truss (1,923)
Forsyth County, North Carolina (72)
Norfolk Southern Railway (2,092)
North Carolina (1,033)
Open (40,958)
Owned by railroad (13,480)
 Railroad (16,443)
Southern Railway (383)
Span length 125-175 feet (4,414)
Stone arch (3,279)
Total length 1000-2500 feet (1,991)
Truss (35,365)
Virginia Bridge & Iron Co. (204)
Virginia Bridge Co. (53)
Warren deck truss (666)
Warren deck truss with all verticals (119)
Warren truss (6,994)

Update Log 

  • February 13, 2016: New photo from Royce and Bobette Haley
  • February 4, 2016: New photos from Royce and Bobette Haley
  • December 20, 2015: Added by Royce and Bobette Haley

Sources 

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

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