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Overview: Pratt through truss bridge
Location: Stokes County, North Carolina
Status: In storage. Resting on ground fully assembled.
Future prospects: Previous plans to reuse bridge have fallen through. The bridge is now being offered to a third party for reuse. Contact the Town of Danbury for information. If nobody steps forward, the bridge will be scrapped out.
History: Built 1905 in the Pine Hall area, moved to Danbury in 1926, closed to traffic in 1998, removed and placed in storage in 2005 with plans for it to be relocated and rehabilitated in Danbury's Moratock Park as a pedestrian bridge across the Dan River.
Design: Pratt through truss
Dimensions: Length of largest span: 140.1 ft.
Total length: 345.2 ft.
Deck width: 10.8 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude: +36.42756, -80.21099 (decimal degrees)
36°25'39" N, 80°12'40" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates: 17/570726/4031661 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map: Danbury
Inventory numbers: NC 169133 (North Carolina bridge number)
BH 49972 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 03/1991): Deck condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Serious (3 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Appraisal: Structurally deficient
Sufficiency rating: 18.5 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 1990): 60

January 24, 2013: Updated by Nathan Holth: Bridge available for reuse, will be demolished if nobody steps forward.
November 1, 2011: Added by James McCray

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Seven Island Bridge - 1905 - Stokes County, North Carolina - Info and Pics about the Bridge
Nathan Holth

Seven Island Bridge

Posted March 9, 2013, by AR

Council extended its deadline to allow more interested parties to come forward. The next meeting is March 27.

Seven Island Bridge

Posted January 18, 2013, by Art S. (asuckewer [at] knite [dot] com)

Seven Island Bridge in jeopardy: