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According to county officials this is a Pittsburgh Bridge Co. Bridge, and I have changed the builder. There was another King Bridge nearby that is now gone from what I have been told. JB
Continued discussion:
http://www.rappnews.com/2016/02/04/is-there-hope-for-histori...
"Waterloo Bridge Remains in Limbo", Fauquier Now, Jan. 12, 2016.
http://www.fauquiernow.com/index.php/fauquier_news/entry/fau...
Another bump in the road - 'soft costs.' Hopefully not to big of a bump:
http://www.fauquier.com/news/article/environmental_group_vdo...
Apparently VDOT is now seriously considering restoration! Congratulations to all involved!
Regards,
Art S.
Art... that's just an opinion article, like a "letter to the editor" so I wouldn't be too concerned. There are always people for and against preservation in any situation, as you well know.
A bump in the road?:
http://www.fauquiernow.com/index.php/fauquier_news/entry/fau...
Workin it. Another article mentioned Nels and Bach Steel. It is about informing about real costs and actions and working in the niche we are carving out....here at bridgehunter and in every state.
Another article with reference to bridgehunter:
http://www.fauquiernow.com/index.php/fauquier_news/entry/wat...
Nice article with picture:
http://www.fauquiernow.com/index.php/fauquier_news/article/w...
Please sign an online petition to support the preservation of this bridge:
http://salsa4.salsalabs.com/o/50930/p/dia/action3/common/pub...
Also, the effort to save this bridge now has a Facebook page:
January 14, 2014
VDOT Press Release
RT. 613 BRIDGE OVER RAPPAHANNOCK RIVER CLOSED
Waterloo Road structure deemed unsafe due to significant deterioration
CULPEPER –The 136-year-old bridge on Route 613 (Waterloo Road) that carries traffic over the Rappahannock River between Culpeper and Fauquier counties will be closed to traffic due to its condition. The closure will be effective on Wednesday, Jan. 15.
The truss structure, made of wrought iron and built in 1878, was posted for a three-ton maximum vehicle weight prior to the closure. Despite that restriction and numerous repairs through the years, advancing age and the weather took their toll on the bridge’s supporting members.
Following its most recent inspection, bridge engineers with the Virginia Department of Transportation determined that the deterioration was too severe to continue to allow traffic to use the bridge.
For the 680 vehicles that use the bridge each day, the closure will require a detour using Route 211 (Lee Highway) and Route 688 (Leeds Manor Road) in Fauquier County. Route 613 (Jeffersonton Road) on the east side of the bridge will be closed to through traffic. On the Culpeper County side traffic will still be able to use Route 613 (Waterloo Road) and Route 622 (Old Bridge Road) as far east as the intersection of those two routes.
VDOT will work with local officials in Fauquier and Culpeper County to determine the best course of action.
For more information about Virginia’s bridges and the Virginia Department of Transportation’s bridge inspection program, including current conditions of the state’s bridges, FAQs and video of a bridge inspection, visit VDOT’s web site, http://www.virginiadot.org/info/Bridge.asp
This bridge has been reopened per a personal visit April 2009.
Progress?:
http://culpepertimes.com/2017/05/31/waterloo-bridge-restorat...
Regards,
Art S.