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NFD - Grassy Creek Bridge

Mecklenburg County, Virginia

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Looking NW

Photo taken by Royce and Bobette Haley in September 2017

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BH Photo #402398

Map 

Street View 

Description 

Dimensions are estimates

Facts 

Overview
Deck plate girder bridge over Grassy Creek on NF&D
Location
Mecklenburg County, Virginia
History
Built 1952
Builder
- American Bridge Co. of New York
Railroads
- Atlantic & Danville Railway (AD)
- Norfolk & Western Railway (NW)
- Norfolk, Franklin, & Danville Railway (NFD)
- Southern Railway (SOU)
Design
Deck plate girder
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 78.0 ft.
Total length: 540.0 ft.
Deck width: 10.0 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+36.56832, -78.54488   (decimal degrees)
36°34'06" N, 78°32'42" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
17/719695/4049791 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Clarksville South
Inventory number
BH 78351 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

American Bridge Co. (1,660)
Atlantic & Danville Railway (4)
Built 1952 (346)
Built during 1950s (4,008)
Deck girder (6,304)
Girder (11,170)
Have street view (28,910)
Mecklenburg County, Virginia (12)
Norfolk & Western Railway (636)
 Norfolk, Franklin, & Danville Railway (6)
Plate girder (8,725)
Railroad (16,459)
Southern Railway (383)
Span length 75-100 feet (6,652)
Total length 500-1000 feet (3,061)
Unknown status (1,589)
Virginia (1,382)

Update Log 

  • September 14, 2017: Added by Royce and Bobette Haley
  • September 13, 2017: New photos from Royce and Bobette Haley

Sources 

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

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