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Banister River Norfolk Southern Railway Bridge

Halifax County, Virginia

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Looking West

Photo taken by Royce and Bobette Haley in September 2017

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BH Photo #402333

Map 

Description 

Dimensions are estimates

Facts 

Overview
Warren through truss with all verticals bridge over Banister River on NSRR
Location
Halifax County, Virginia
History
Built 1926
Builder
- Virginia Bridge & Iron Co. of Roanoke, Virginia [also known as Virginia Bridge Co.]
Railroads
- Norfolk Southern Railway (NS)
- Southern Railway (SOU)
Design
Warren through truss with all verticals
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 150.0 ft.
Total length: 285.0 ft.
Deck width: 15.0 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+36.72162, -78.80847   (decimal degrees)
36°43'18" N, 78°48'30" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
17/695716/4066230 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Omega
Inventory number
BH 78347 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

6-panel truss (579)
Built 1926 (737)
Built during 1920s (9,605)
Halifax County, Virginia (12)
Norfolk Southern Railway (1,632)
Owned by railroad (11,308)
Railroad (14,502)
Riveted (2,058)
Skewed (4,815)
Southern Railway (255)
Span length 125-175 feet (4,010)
 Stone piers (29)
Through truss (14,192)
Total length 250-500 feet (4,925)
Truss (31,416)
Unknown status (1,619)
Virginia (1,127)
Virginia Bridge & Iron Co. (184)
Virginia Bridge Co. (50)
Warren through truss (1,558)
Warren through truss with all verticals (369)
Warren truss (6,289)

Update Log 

  • September 14, 2017: Added by Royce and Bobette Haley
  • September 12, 2017: New photos from Royce and Bobette Haley

Sources 

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

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