Donaldson Run Bridge

Photo

Southwest Side Of Bridge From Private Residence Looking East Through Trees

Photo taken for the Historic American Engineering Record

BH Photo #312599

Built as part of a project to extend the GWMP closer to the proposed terminus at Great Falls, Virginia.

-- Historic American Engineering Record

Overview: Deck plate girder bridge over Donaldson Run on Gwmp
Location: Arlington County, Virginia
Status: Open to traffic
History: Built 1959; rehabilitated 1982
Builders: - Atlas Machine & Iron Works of Arlington, Virginia
- Blackwell Engineering Co. of Merrifield, Virginia
- U.S. Bureau of Public Roads of Washington, D.C.
Design: Continuous Deck plate girder
Dimensions: Length of largest span: 161.4 ft.
Total length: 428.5 ft.
Deck width: 62.7 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude: +38.91964, -77.10806 (decimal degrees)
38°55'11" N, 77°06'29" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates: 18/317244/4309971 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:: Washington West
Average daily traffic (as of 2007): 27,400
Inventory number: BH 65340 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection report (as of April 2017): Overall condition: Fair
Superstructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Deck condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 77 (out of 100)
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HAER VA-77 - Donaldson Run Bridge, Spanning Donaldson Run, Arlington, Arlington County, VA