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Blackwater Creek Norfolk Southern Railway Bridge

Lynchburg, Virginia

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Looking West

Photo taken by Royce and Bobette Haley in January 2017

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BH Photo #377157

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Description 

Dimensions are estimates

Facts 

Overview
Deck plate girder bridge over Blackwater Creek on NSRR
Location
Lynchburg, Virginia
Status
Open to traffic
History
ca1910
Railroads
- Norfolk Southern Railway (NS)
- Southern Railway (SOU)
Design
Deck plate girder
Dimensions
Total length: 950.0 ft.
Deck width: 28.0 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+37.41920, -79.16006   (decimal degrees)
37°25'09" N, 79°09'36" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
17/662815/4142965 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Lynchburg
Inventory number
BH 75379 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Deck girder (4,963)
Girder (8,965)
James River Heritage Trail (5)
Lynchburg, Virginia (32)
Norfolk Southern Railway (1,528)
Open (38,388)
Owned by railroad (10,922)
 Plate girder (6,822)
Railroad (14,228)
Southern Railway (223)
Steel Trestle (151)
Tall Bridges (319)
Total length 500-1000 feet (2,638)
Virginia (1,098)

Update Log 

  • 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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