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Pembroke Bridge

Giles County, Virginia
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Photos 

Aerial View, View Southwest Showing Castle Rock Beyond

Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record

View photos at Library of Congress

Map 

Facts 

Overview
Through truss bridge over New River on former River Road (Route 623)
Location
Giles County, Virginia
Status
Bypassed by new bridge
History
Built 1915-16 by the Virginia Bridge & Iron Co.; Bypassed by new bridge in 1996
Builder
- Virginia Bridge & Iron Co. of Roanoke, Virginia
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 208.0 ft.
Total length: 792.0 ft.
Recognition
Eligible for the National Register of Historic Places
Approximate latitude, longitude
+37.31486, -80.64365   (decimal degrees)
37°18'54" N, 80°38'37" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
17/531575/4129861 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map
Pearisburg
Inventory number
BH 36943 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Built 1916 (468)
Built during 1910s (6,761)
Closed (2,085)
Giles County, Virginia (12)
HAER documented (784)
NR-eligible (3,751)
Owned by state (9,854)
 Pennsylvania truss (308)
Span length 175-250 feet (1,489)
Through truss (9,255)
Total length 500-1000 feet (1,820)
Truss (23,616)
Virginia (549)
Virginia Bridge & Iron Co. (75)

Update Log 

  • April 12, 2010: Updated by C Hanchey: Bridge still exists - it has just been bypassed by a new bridge
  • July 27, 2008: Added HAER photos

Sources 

  • HAER VA-68 - New River Bridge, Spanning New River at State Route 623, Pembroke vicinity, Giles County, VA
  • James Baughn - webmaster [at] bridgehunter [dot] com
  • C Hanchey - cmh2315fl [at] yahoo [dot] com

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