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NS Railroad Bridge

Giles County, Virginia
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Description 

Originally a Stone arch that was widened with a concrete arch. Length and span are estimates

Facts 

Overview
Concrete arch bridge over NS Railroad on NS Railroad in Glen Lyn
Location
Giles County, Virginia
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built pre 1919 widened 1919
Railroad
- Norfolk Southern Railway (NS)
Design
Arch
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 18.0 ft.
Total length: 22.0 ft.
Deck width: 63.0 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+37.37333, -80.84500   (decimal degrees)
37°22'24" N, 80°50'42" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
17/513723/4136299 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Narrows
Inventory numbers
VA 8443 (Virginia bridge number)
BH 33692 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Average daily traffic (as of 2006)
239

Categories 

Arch (11,113)
Built 1919 (455)
Built during 1910s (8,644)
Deck arch (10,357)
Giles County, Virginia (21)
Norfolk Southern Railway (1,394)
One-lane traffic (7,400)
 Open (36,069)
Owned by railroad (9,600)
Railroad (12,854)
Span length under 25 feet (5,648)
Stone arch (2,631)
Total length under 25 feet (1,953)
Virginia (974)

Update Log 

  • June 18, 2017: Updated by Royce and Bobette Haley: Design, description, dimensions

Sources 

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

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