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Lovills Creek YVRR Bridge

Surry County, North Carolina

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Looking SW

Photo taken by Royce and Bobette Haley in October 2015

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BH Photo #346724

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Description 

Dimensions are estimates

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Overview
Pony/through plate girder bridge over Lovills Creek on YVRR
Location
Mount Airy, Surry County, North Carolina
History
Built 1910
Builder
- Virginia Bridge & Iron Co. of Roanoke, Virginia [also known as Virginia Bridge Co.]
Railroad
- Yadkin Valley Railroad (YVRR)
Design
Pony plate girder
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 60.0 ft.
Total length: 249.0 ft.
Deck width: 15.0 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+36.48556, -80.61277   (decimal degrees)
36°29'08" N, 80°36'46" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
17/534685/4037875 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Mount Airy South
Inventory number
BH 69669 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Beam (12,937)
Built 1910 (1,062)
Built during 1910s (8,963)
Girder (8,553)
Have street view (23,734)
Mount Airy, North Carolina (1)
North Carolina (878)
Owned by railroad (10,395)
Plate girder (6,562)
Railroad (13,766)
 Span length 50-75 feet (9,166)
Surry County, North Carolina (15)
Through girder (3,190)
Timber stringer (3,439)
Total length 175-250 feet (3,879)
Unknown status (1,502)
Virginia Bridge & Iron Co. (169)
Virginia Bridge Co. (47)
Yadkin Valley Railroad (11)

Update Log 

  • January 21, 2016: New Street View added by Royce and Bobette Haley
  • October 17, 2015: New Street View added by Royce and Bobette Haley

Sources 

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

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