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Bold Branch Norfolk Southern Railway Bridge

Bedford County, Virginia

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Looking SE

Photo taken by Royce and Bobette Haley in August 2017

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BH Photo #402102

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Description 

Dimensions are estimates

Facts 

Overview
Deck plate girder bridge over Bold Branch on NSRR
Location
Bedford County, Virginia
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1907
Builder
- Virginia Bridge & Iron Co. of Roanoke, Virginia [also known as Virginia Bridge Co.]
Railroad
- Norfolk Southern Railway (NS)
Design
Deck plate girder
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 65.0 ft.
Total length: 480.0 ft.
Deck width: 10.0 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+37.17185, -79.54321   (decimal degrees)
37°10'19" N, 79°32'36" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
17/629330/4114929 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Moneta
Inventory number
BH 78278 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Bedford County, Virginia (37)
Built 1907 (621)
Built during 1900s (6,502)
Deck girder (4,807)
Girder (8,626)
Norfolk Southern Railway (1,492)
Open (37,480)
Owned by railroad (10,486)
Plate girder (6,607)
 Railroad (13,851)
Span length 50-75 feet (9,216)
Steel Trestle (151)
Tall Bridges (319)
Total length 250-500 feet (4,750)
Virginia (1,074)
Virginia Bridge & Iron Co. (170)
Virginia Bridge Co. (48)

Update Log 

  • September 14, 2017: Added by Royce and Bobette Haley
  • September 11, 2017: New photos from Royce and Bobette Haley

Sources 

  • Royce and Bobette Haley - roycehaley111 [at] yahoo [dot] com

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