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Tar River Rocky Mount & Western Railroad Bridge

Nash County, North Carolina

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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 (14,380)
    Carolina Coastal Railway (2)
    Deck girder (5,048)
    Girder (9,140)
    Have street view (25,415)
    Nash County Railroad (1)
    Nash County, North Carolina (5)
    North Carolina (921)
    Open (38,217)
    Owned by railroad (11,104)
    		 Plate girder (6,949)
    Railroad (14,370)
    Rocky Mount & Western Railroad (1)
    Rocky Mount, North Carolina (7)
    Span length 50-75 feet (9,603)
    Steel stringer (5,620)
    Tar River, NC (11)
    Timber stringer (3,707)
    Total length 250-500 feet (4,886)

    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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