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Fishing Creek Norfolk Southern Railway (North)

Lynchburg, Virginia

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Looking North

Photo taken by Royce and Bobette Haley in January 2017

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BH Photo #377202

Map 

Street View 

Facts 

Overview
Deck plate girder bridge over Fishing Creek;Campbell Rd on NSRR
Location
Lynchburg, Virginia
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1906
Builder
- American Bridge Co. of New York
Railroads
- Norfolk Southern Railway (NS)
- Southern Railway (SOU)
Design
Deck plate girder
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 69.9 ft.
Total length: 830.0 ft.
Deck width: 10.0 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+37.39725, -79.15344   (decimal degrees)
37°23'50" N, 79°09'12" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
17/663448/4140542 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Lynchburg
Inventory number
BH 75288 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

American Bridge Co. (1,454)
Built 1906 (603)
Built during 1900s (7,041)
Deck girder (5,548)
Girder (9,819)
Have street view (26,240)
Lynchburg, Virginia (38)
Norfolk Southern Railway (1,785)
Open (39,192)
 Owned by railroad (11,959)
Plate girder (7,597)
Railroad (15,081)
Southern Railway (321)
Span length 50-75 feet (9,880)
Steel Trestle (151)
Total length 500-1000 feet (2,788)
Virginia (1,183)

Update Log 

  • January 29, 2017: Added by Royce and Bobette Haley

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

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