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CSX - West 3rd Street Bridge

Halifax County, North Carolina

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Looking SE

Photo taken by Royce and Bobette Haley in November 2015

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BH Photo #348216

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Street View 

Facts 

Overview
Deck plate girder bridge over W. 3rd St on CSX RR
Location
Weldon, Halifax County, North Carolina
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1910
Builder
- Virginia Bridge & Iron Co. of Roanoke, Virginia [also known as Virginia Bridge Co.]
Railroads
- Atlantic Coast Line Railroad (ACL)
- CSX Railroad (CSX)
- Family Lines System (FL)
- Seaboard Coast Line Railroad (SCL)
- Seaboard System Railroad (SBD)
Design
Deck plate girder
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 41.0 ft.
Total length: 82.0 ft.
Also called
West 3rd Street CSX Transportation Bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude
+36.42723, -77.59870   (decimal degrees)
36°25'38" N, 77°35'55" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
18/267031/4034474 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Weldon
Inventory numbers
000000000830043
BH 70134 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Atlantic Coast Line Railroad (96)
Built 1910 (1,170)
Built during 1910s (9,678)
CSX Railroad (1,668)
Deck girder (5,778)
Family Lines System (79)
Girder (10,301)
Halifax County, North Carolina (7)
Have street view (27,073)
North Carolina (966)
Open (39,986)
 Owned by railroad (12,505)
Plate girder (7,985)
Railroad (15,607)
Seaboard Coast Line Railroad (198)
Seaboard System Railroad (105)
Span length 25-50 feet (15,711)
Total length 75-100 feet (6,598)
Virginia Bridge & Iron Co. (192)
Virginia Bridge Co. (53)
Weldon, North Carolina (5)

Update Log 

  • February 3, 2016: New photos from Royce and Bobette Haley
  • December 1, 2015: Updated by Royce and Bobette Haley: Added category "Virginia Bridge & Iron Co."
  • November 29, 2015: Added by Royce and Bobette Haley

Sources 

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

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