Robert O. Norris Bridge

Photos 

Robert O. Norris Bridge

Virginia Department of Transportation

License: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs (CC BY-NC-ND)

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BH Photo #315153

Map 

Street View 

Facts 

Overview

Cantilever through truss bridge over Rappahannock River on VA 3

Location

Lancaster County, Virginia

Status

Open to traffic

History

Built 1957; rehabilitated 1996

Builder

- Bethlehem Steel Co. of Bethlehem, Pennsylvania (Fabrication)

Design

Arch cantilever style cantilevered through truss

Dimensions

Length of largest span: 648.0 ft.
Total length: 9,989.3 ft. (1.9 mi.)
Deck width: 23.0 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 14.2 ft.

Also called

Rappahannock River Bridge

Approximate latitude, longitude

+37.62415, -76.42333   (decimal degrees)
37°37'27" N, 76°25'24" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")

Approximate UTM coordinates

18/374396/4165067 (zone/easting/northing)

Quadrangle map:

Wilton

Average daily traffic (as of 2014)

8,584

Inventory numbers

VA 12083 (Virginia bridge number)
BH 33758 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Inspection report (as of October 2018)

Overall condition: Fair
Superstructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Deck condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 21.9 (out of 100)
View more at BridgeReports.com

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Update Log 

• October 12, 2021: Updated by Nathan Holth: Added fabricator.
• April 13, 2020: New photos from Nick Boppel
• April 10, 2020: Updated by Nick Boppel: Fix map marker
• March 4, 2017: Updated by Royce and Bobette Haley: to do
• February 7, 2015: Photos imported by Dave King
• May 4, 2010: Updated by Nathan Holth: Updated bridge type and name.

Sources 

• Nathan Holth
• Royce and Bobette Haley - roycehaley111 [at] yahoo [dot] com
• Nick Boppel - nickboppel01 [at] gmail [dot] com
• Engineering News-Record 1957-01-03: Vol 158 Iss 1 : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive

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