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CSX - Mechums River Bridge

Albemarle County, Virginia

Photos 

C & O Railroad Bridge

Photo taken by Panoramio user G Day

License: Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivs (CC BY-ND)

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BH Photo #267626

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Street View 

Facts 

Overview
Deck truss bridge over Mechums River and US 250 in Charlottesville
Location
Albemarle County, Virginia
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1889, reinforced 1911; approach replaced 1948
Railroads
- CSX Railroad (CSX)
- Chesapeake & Ohio Railway (C&O; CO)
Design
Deck truss
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 131.9 ft.
Total length: 357.0 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+38.06165, -78.64868   (decimal degrees)
38°03'42" N, 78°38'55" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
17/706280/4215265 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Crozet
Inventory numbers
VA 599 (Virginia bridge number)
BH 33546 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

19th Century (7,706)
Albemarle County, Virginia (18)
Built 1889 (241)
Built during 1880s (2,020)
CSX Railroad (1,682)
Chesapeake & Ohio Railway (193)
Deck truss (1,770)
Have street view (27,205)
 Open (40,018)
Owned by railroad (12,668)
Railroad (15,791)
Span length 125-175 feet (4,258)
Total length 250-500 feet (5,291)
Truss (33,256)
Virginia (1,272)

Update Log 

  • April 16, 2021: Updated by John Marvig: Added information from C&O bridge book
  • March 31, 2020: New photo from Geoff Hubbs
  • October 3, 2013: Photo imported by Dave King
  • August 24, 2013: Updated by Brent Tindall: Adjusted GPS coordinates

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CSX - Mechums River Bridge
Posted April 17, 2021, by Alfred Kresse (water [dot] kresse [at] comcast [dot] net)

At some date they must of capped the masonry work (piers and abutments) with concrete. Did anyone find any VDOT plates for work around US 250?

CSX - Mechums River Bridge
Posted April 16, 2021, by John Marvig (marvigj27 [at] gmail [dot] com)

Alfred,

Thank you for giving this information. I figured this bridge was far older than what was listed. I will update this listing as appropriate. Very interesting stuff.

If you see any other listings from that bridge book on here, please feel free to comment. It’s always appreciated!

CSX - Mechums River Bridge
Posted April 16, 2021, by Alfred Kresse (water [dot] kresse [at] comcast [dot] net)

Bridge was built in 1889 and central reinforcement in 1911. New approach plate-girder in 1948. Source -- C&O Southern Region Bridge book C&O Historical society.

CSX - Mechums River Bridge
Posted March 31, 2020, by John Marvig (marvigj27 [at] gmail [dot] com)

Could 1932 be the rehabilitation date? It looks like a pair of riveted truss lines were added to the original pin connected deck truss. The original truss looks like it may date to the late 1890s.