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NW - High Bridge (1869)

Cumberland County, Virginia, and Prince Edward County, Virginia

Photo 

Photo taken from Engineering Record

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BH Photo #495537

Map 

Facts 

Overview
Lost Fink deck truss bridge over Appomattox River on Railroad (N&W)
Location
Cumberland County, Virginia, and Prince Edward County, Virginia
Status
Replaced by a new bridge
History
Built 1869; Replaced 1886,
Railroads
- Atlantic, Mississippi, & Ohio Railroad (AM&O)
- Norfolk & Western Railway (NW)
- Southside Railroad
Design
Fink deck truss
Approximate latitude, longitude
+37.31127, -78.31837   (decimal degrees)
37°18'41" N, 78°19'06" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
17/737648/4132775 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Rice
Inventory number
BH 59971 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

19th Century (9,231)
Atlantic, Mississippi, & Ohio Railroad (6)
Built 1869 (111)
Built during 1860s (707)
Cumberland County, Virginia (10)
Deck truss (2,000)
Fink deck truss (10)
Fink truss (19)
Lost (30,594)
 Lost 1886 (13)
Lost during 1880s (152)
Norfolk & Western Railway (661)
Prince Edward County, Virginia (9)
Railroad (16,785)
Replaced by new bridge (20,820)
Southside Railroad (5)
Truss (37,276)
Virginia (1,426)

Update Log 

  • April 15, 2021: New photo from Dave King
  • February 27, 2014: Added by Luke Harden

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Sources 

  • Luke
  • Dave King - DKinghawkfan [at] hotmail [dot] com

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