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Featherbed Lane Bridge

Loudoun County, Virginia
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East Portal And Deck View, From East, Showing Inclined Endposts, Through Trusses, East Portal Strut, Overhead Bracing, And Timber Deck

Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record

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Description 

Originally erected in 1889 on the Leesburg & Alexandria Turnpike over Goose Creek to replace a bridge destroyed by flooding. In 1932 the bridge was dismantled and moved to it's current location likely to replace another span.

Here is the link to the replacement 1932 bridge;

http://bridgehunter.com/va/loudoun/goose-creek/

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Facts 

Overview
Through truss bridge over Catoctin Creek on Featherbed Lane (Rt673)
Location
Loudoun County, Virginia
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built in 1889 by the Variety Iron Works; relocated here in 1932
Builder
- Variety Iron Works of Cleveland, Ohio
Design
Pin connected Pratt through truss (Wrought iron)
Dimensions
Span length: 159.1 ft.
Total length: 159.1 ft.
Deck width: 11.2 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 20.3 ft.
Recognition
Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on June 25, 1974
Approximate latitude, longitude
+39.23224, -77.59142   (decimal degrees)
39°13'56" N, 77°35'29" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
18/276324/4345749 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map
Waterford
Inventory numbers
VA 11253 (Virginia bridge number)
NRHP 74002136 (National Register of Historic Places reference number)
BH 33736 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 02/2011)
Deck condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Very Good (8 out of 9)
Appraisal: Structurally deficient
Sufficiency rating: 35.7 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2005)
111

Categories 

19th Century (3,851)
9-panel truss (106)
Built 1889 (117)
Built during 1880s (1,055)
HAER documented (784)
Have street view (10,035)
Loudoun County, Virginia (16)
NR-listed (2,355)
One-lane traffic (7,119)
Open (28,454)
Owned by state (9,852)
Pin-connected (1,568)
 Pratt through truss (3,184)
Pratt truss (5,687)
Relocated (367)
Span length 125-175 feet (2,966)
Structurally deficient (16,728)
Through truss (9,254)
Total length 125-175 feet (4,156)
Truss (23,615)
Variety Iron Works (8)
Virginia (549)
Wrought iron (230)

Update Log 

  • December 5, 2011: Updated by J.P.: is listed on the NRHP
  • January 28, 2011: Updated by Anthony Dillon: Changed date of construction and added to historic description.
  • January 27, 2011: New photos from Nathan Holth
  • May 4, 2010: Updated by Nathan Holth: Updated bridge type.
  • March 1, 2010: Updated by Anthony Dillon: Fixed GPS coordinates

Sources 

  • Tony Dillon - spansaver [at] hotmail [dot] com
  • Nathan Holth
  • HAER VA-110 - Virginia Department of Transportation Bridge No. 6051, Spanning Catoctin Creek at State Route 673 (Featherbottom Road), Waterford vicinity, Loudoun, VA
  • J.P. - wildcatjon2000 [at] gmail [dot] com
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Featherbed Lane Bridge
Posted January 28, 2011, by Anthony Dillon (spansaver [at] hotmail [dot] com)

This is the missing Variety Iron Works Bridge I was looking for some time ago!

At one time there was a site for Historic Bridges of Virginia that had one listed in Loudoun County built by VIW. From previous searches on this and another site I assumed it was gone. I was apparently thrown off by the date which is incorrect, as this span was likely built around 1890.

Hopefully this span is still an extant example of the firm's work.