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Fishing Creek Norfolk Southern Bridge (ABN)

Lynchburg, Virginia

Photos 

Looking SW-bridge on right

Photo taken by Royce and Bobette Haley in January 2017

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BH Photo #377188

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Street View 

Facts 

Overview
Deck plate girder bridge on NSRR over Fishing Creek
Location
Lynchburg, Virginia
Status
Intact but closed to all traffic
History
built 1901
Railroad
- Norfolk Southern Railway (NS)
Design
Deck plate girder
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 60.0 ft.
Total length: 509.9 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+37.39729, -79.15377   (decimal degrees)
37°23'50" N, 79°09'14" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
17/663418/4140545 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Lynchburg
Inventory number
BH 75286 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Built 1901 (542)
Built during 1900s (7,194)
Closed (2,664)
Deck girder (5,730)
Girder (10,205)
Have street view (26,865)
Lynchburg, Virginia (38)
Norfolk Southern Railway (1,851)
 Owned by railroad (12,372)
Plate girder (7,902)
Railroad (15,362)
Span length 50-75 feet (10,059)
Steel Trestle (151)
Total length 500-1000 feet (2,867)
Virginia (1,214)

Update Log 

  • January 31, 2017: New photos from Royce and Bobette Haley
  • January 29, 2017: Added by Royce and Bobette Haley

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Sources 

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

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