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Six Mile Bridge

Lynchburg, Virginia, and Amherst County, Virginia
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Overview
Abandoned deck truss bridge over James River on railroad
Location
Lynchburg, Virginia, and Amherst County, Virginia
Status
Abandoned
Design
Warren deck truss
Approximate latitude, longitude
+37.39315, -79.06171   (decimal degrees)
37°23'35" N, 79°03'42" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
17/671577/4140249 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map
Kelly
Inventory number
BH 49602 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Abandoned (1,372)
Amherst County, Virginia (11)
Deck truss (955)
Girder (3,239)
Lynchburg, Virginia (8)
Plate girder (2,251)
 Railroad (4,075)
Through girder (1,135)
Truss (23,574)
Virginia (540)
Warren deck truss (340)
Warren truss (3,961)

Update Log 

  • December 6, 2011: Updated by J.P.: updated bridge type and it crosses county lines
  • September 12, 2011: Added by Luke Harden

Sources 

  • Luke Harden - lukemh9 [at] gmail [dot] com
  • J.P. - wildcatjon2000 [at] gmail [dot] com
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Six Mile Bridge
Posted September 11, 2012, by Dani Matthews (Da diary [at] comcast [dot] net)

My great grandfather was killed by a train on this trestle April 25,1895. His name was Marcellus Adolphus Matthews . There is an article in Lynchburg news 26 april, 1895 page 6, col. 3