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Old Lee Bridge
Photos
Courtesy Valentine Richmond History Center
BH Photo #411778
Description
Spans and dimensions are estimates.
Facts
- Overview
- Lost Open-spandrel arch bridge over James River on US 301/ US 1
- Location
- Richmond, Virginia
- Status
- Replaced by a new bridge
- History
- Built 1933
- Builders
- - Richmond Bridge Corp.
- S.M. Siesel Co. of Milwaukee, Wisconsin (Contractor)
- Design
- Open-spandrel arch
- Dimensions
-
Total length: 3,395.0 ft. (0.6 mi.)
- Also called
- Robert E. Lee Bridge
Old Lee Bridge
James River Bridge (Original Official Name)
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +37.53261, -77.45074 (decimal degrees)
37°31'57" N, 77°27'03" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
- Approximate UTM coordinates
- 18/283456/4156781 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Richmond
- Inventory number
- BH 79527 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Update Log
- November 25, 2017: Updated by Luke: Added builder from Construction Methods & Equipment Volume 16
- November 24, 2017: Added by Royce and Bobette Haley