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Waqua Creek Road Bridge

Brunswick County, Virginia

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Waqua Creek Bridge

Photo taken by C Hanchey in April 2010

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BH Photo #162409

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Facts 

Overview
Pratt Pony truss bridge over Waqua Creek on Waqua Creek Road
Location
Brunswick County, Virginia
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1918
Design
Riveted, 5-panel Pratt Pony truss
Dimensions
Span length: 85.0 ft.
Total length: 85.0 ft.
Deck width: 12.1 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+36.93167, -77.77000   (decimal degrees)
36°55'54" N, 77°46'12" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
18/253288/4090876 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Warfield
Average daily traffic (as of 2017)
20
Inventory numbers
VA 3678 (Virginia bridge number)
BH 33629 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection report (as of June 2018)
Overall condition: Poor
Superstructure condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Deck condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 16.9 (out of 100)
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Categories 

5-panel truss (485)
Brunswick County, Virginia (6)
Built 1918 (497)
Built during 1910s (9,675)
Laced endposts (159)
One-lane traffic (7,613)
Open (39,978)
Owned by state (16,044)
Pony truss (16,241)
 Pratt pony truss (3,654)
Pratt truss (9,347)
Riveted (2,183)
Span length 75-100 feet (6,453)
Structurally deficient (14,103)
Total length 75-100 feet (6,598)
Truss (32,958)
Virginia (1,231)

Update Log 

  • May 7, 2017: New photos from Royce and Bobette Haley
  • November 20, 2010: Updated by Matthew Ridpath: Updated design info.
  • April 15, 2010: New photos from C Hanchey

Sources 

  • C Hanchey - cmh2315fl [at] yahoo [dot] com
  • Matthew Ridpath
  • Royce and Bobette Haley - roycehaley111 [at] yahoo [dot] com
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Comments 

Waqua Creek Road Bridge
Posted August 19, 2020, by steamboy05 (agshields1 [at] gmail [dot] com)

Sadly, this bridge was replaced with yet another slab of concrete.

http://www.brunswicktimes-gazette.com/article_c8d3c23a-9085-...

Waqua Creek Road Bridge
Posted May 8, 2017, by Tony Dillon (spansaver [at] hotmail [dot] com)

Trusses look good, underneath (Pics 30-33)... Not so much.

Looks like heavy salt damage to me.

Waqua Creek Road Bridge
Posted February 29, 2012, by Tony Dillon (spansaver [at] hotmail [dot] com)

Unique pony truss in a beautiful location. The combination cover plate/laced endposts are rather unusual.

Waqua Creek Road Bridge
Posted June 14, 2010, by Mary (seahorsejoey [at] yahoo [dot] com)

Wonderful job on this site! I was wondering how long is that Waqua Creek & where does it begin & end?

Thank you for your time & effots.