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Roaches Run Culvert

Arlington County, Virginia

Photo 

Southeast Side Of Culvert Looking West

Photo taken for the Historic American Engineering Record

View photos at Library of Congress

BH Photo #312600

Map 

Description 

Roaches Run Bridge is one of twelve original bridge structures on the Mount Vernon Memorial Highway.

-- Historic American Engineering Record

Facts 

Overview
Concrete culvert bridge over Roaches Run on GWMP
Location
Arlington County, Virginia
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1932
Builders
- Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation of New York, New York
- U.S. Bureau of Public Roads of Washington, D.C.
Design
Concrete culvert
Dimensions
Total length: 100.0 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+38.86384, -77.04273   (decimal degrees)
38°51'50" N, 77°02'34" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
18/322769/4303649 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Alexandria
Inventory number
BH 65341 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Arlington County, Virginia (25)
Built 1932 (917)
Built during 1930s (11,263)
Culvert (1,249)
HAER documented (1,103)
Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation (16)
 Open (38,199)
Owned by National Park Service (434)
Owned by federal government (1,113)
Total length 100-125 feet (4,997)
U.S. Bureau of Public Roads (23)
Virginia (1,107)

Update Log 

  • January 6, 2015: Added by Dave King

Sources 

  • Dave King - DKinghawkfan [at] hotmail [dot] com
  • HAER VA-91 - Roaches Run Culvert, Spanning Roaches Run, Arlington, Arlington County, VA

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