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Tar River Rocky Mount & Western Railroad Bridge

Nash County, North Carolina

Photos 

Looking East

Photo taken by Royce and Bobette Haley in November 2015

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BH Photo #347927

Map 

Street View 

Description 

Dimensions are estimates

Facts 

Overview
Deck plate girder bridge over Tar River on NCYRRR
Location
Rocky Mount, Nash County, North Carolina
Status
Open to traffic
Railroads
- Carolina Coastal Railway (CLNA)
- Nash County Railroad
- Rocky Mount & Western Railroad
Design
Deck plate girder
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 65.0 ft.
Total length: 420.0 ft.
Deck width: 10.0 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+35.94981, -77.82704   (decimal degrees)
35°56'59" N, 77°49'37" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
18/245011/3982076 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Rocky Mount
Inventory number
BH 69987 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Beam (17,101)
Carolina Coastal Railway (11)
Deck girder (6,397)
Girder (11,343)
Have street view (29,832)
Nash County Railroad (1)
Nash County, North Carolina (8)
North Carolina (1,067)
Open (41,198)
Owned by railroad (13,725)
 Plate girder (8,874)
Railroad (16,665)
Rocky Mount & Western Railroad (1)
Rocky Mount, North Carolina (7)
Span length 50-75 feet (10,546)
Steel stringer (6,805)
Tar River (11)
Timber stringer (4,387)
Total length 250-500 feet (5,602)

Update Log 

  • February 1, 2016: New photos from Royce and Bobette Haley
  • November 17, 2015: Added by Royce and Bobette Haley

Sources 

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

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