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Virginia Street Bridge
Description
In 1877, the county commissioners authorized the Wheelock and King Company of Des Moines, Iowa to build a $15,700 iron bowstring arch truss bridge to replace Lake's wooden bridge. The bridge was in place by July, and carried Virginia Street's traffic until 1905, when it was moved east to Rock Street. It was destroyed in the 1950 flood. (From:
http://focus.nps.gov/pdfhost/docs/NRHP/Text/80002471.pdf)
Facts
- Overview
- Lost Bowstring through truss bridge over Truckee River on Virginia Street
- Location
- Reno, Washoe County, Nevada
- Status
- Replaced by a new bridge
- History
- Built 1877; Replaced & Moved 1905; Lost to flood 1950
- Builder
- - Wheelock and King Co. of Des Moines, Iowa
- Design
- Bowstring through truss
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +39.52486, -119.81258 (decimal degrees)
39°31'29" N, 119°48'45" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
- Approximate UTM coordinates
- 11/258244/4378801 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Reno
- Inventory number
- BH 70830 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Update Log
- February 8, 2016: Added by Dave King
Sources
- Dave King - DKinghawkfan [at] hotmail [dot] com
- rgj.com - Photo halfway down the page