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Riverside Park Bridge

Lynchburg, Virginia
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Description 

Designed by Albert Fink, the bridge was originally part of the mainline used by the Norfolk and Western Railroad for its trains from 1870 to 1893. In 1893, it was moved to Old Forest and Halsey Roads and used for vehicular traffic to cross over the Norfolk and Western mainline. It was moved again in 1985 to its present location in Riverside Park and is used as a pedestrian bridge. It is a National Historic Civil Engineering Landmark.

Facts 

Overview
Fink Deck truss bridge over unknown creek on Trail
Location
Lynchburg, Virginia
Status
Open to pedestrians
History
Built 1870 for Norfolk & Western RR, moved to Old Forest road for car use over N&W Mainline in 1893, then moved to current location in 1985
Builder
- Albert Fink
Design
Fink Deck Truss
Approximate latitude, longitude
+37.44004, -79.16549   (decimal degrees)
37°26'24" N, 79°09'56" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
17/662289/4145268 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map
Lynchburg
Inventory number
BH 49650 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

19th Century (3,851)
ASCE Landmark (28)
Albert Fink (5)
Built 1870 (62)
Built during 1870s (547)
Deck truss (961)
Fink deck truss (3)
Fink truss (6)
Historic Civil Engineering Landmark (42)
 Last of its kind (8)
Lynchburg, Virginia (8)
Open to pedestrians (1,959)
Owned by city (3,089)
Pin-connected (1,568)
Preserved (662)
Relocated (367)
Truss (23,615)
Virginia (549)

Update Log 

  • September 17, 2011: New photo from Luke Harden
  • September 17, 2011: Updated by J.P.: added categories

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Riverside Park Bridge
Posted September 17, 2011, by Luke Harden (lmharden [at] iastate [dot] edu)

I uploaded the picture from flickr and it is also linked to the page as well.

Riverside Park Bridge
Posted September 17, 2011, by J.P.

This bridge is a fink deck truss and a picture on flickr is included.