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James River Heritage Trail - West Channel James River Bridge
Photos
Looking North
Photo taken by Royce and Bobette Haley in October 2016
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BH Photo #371897
Description
Dimensions are estimates. The bridge crossing has been there since 1845.
Facts
- Overview
- Pony/through plate girder bridge over James River on AM&ORR/ James River Heritage Trail
- Location
- Madison Heights, Amherst County, Virginia, and Lynchburg, Virginia
- Status
- Open to pedestrians only
- Railroads
- - Atlantic, Mississippi, & Ohio Railroad (AM&O)
- Norfolk & Western Railway (NW)
- Southside Railroad
- Design
- Pony plate girder
- Dimensions
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Total length: 522.0 ft.
Deck width: 32.0 ft.
- Skew angle
- 45 degrees
- Also called
- AM&O - West Channel James River Bridge
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +37.41190, -79.13519 (decimal degrees)
37°24'43" N, 79°08'07" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
- Approximate UTM coordinates
- 17/665032/4142199 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Lynchburg
- Inventory number
- BH 74665 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Update Log
- January 31, 2017: New photos from Royce and Bobette Haley
- December 6, 2016: New photos from Royce and Bobette Haley
- December 5, 2016: Added by Royce and Bobette Haley
Sources
- Royce and Bobette Haley - roycehaley111 [at] yahoo [dot] com