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Rivermont Bridge (1926)

Lynchburg, Virginia

Photos 

Rivermont Bridge (Old)

1961 view looking northwest

Photo from The News & Advance

License: Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike (CC BY-SA)

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BH Photo #462723

Map 

Facts 

Overview
Lost Open-spandrel arch bridge over Blackwater Creek on Rivermont Avenue
Location
Lynchburg, Virginia
Status
Replaced by a new bridge
History
Built 1926
Design
Open-spandrel arch
Approximate latitude, longitude
+37.41924, -79.14699   (decimal degrees)
37°25'09" N, 79°08'49" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
17/663971/4142993 (zone/easting/northing)
Inventory number
BH 87543 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Arch (12,267)
Built 1926 (794)
Built during 1920s (10,010)
Deck arch (11,507)
Lost (25,522)
Lost 1974 (70)
 Lost during 1970s (807)
Lynchburg, Virginia (39)
Open-spandrel arch (775)
Replaced by new bridge (17,215)
Virginia (1,272)

Update Log 

  • December 19, 2019: New photos from Geoff Hubbs

Sources 

  • Geoff Hubbs
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Comments 

Rivermont Bridge (Old)
Posted September 25, 2020, by Garland R. Harper (grharper [at] aol [dot] com)

A few Kodak instamatic shots of mine. Early 1970s.