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Buck Mountain Road Blue Ridge Parkway Bridge

Roanoke County, Virginia

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Buck Mountain Road Blue Ridge Parkway overpass from the east

Photo taken by Chris Patriarca in March 2011

BH Photo #194494

Map 

Street Views 

Facts 

Overview
Rigid Frame bridge over Virginia Secondary Route 679 (Buck Mountain Road) on Blue Ridge Parkway
Location
Roanoke County, Virginia
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1959
Design
Rigid Frame
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 29.2 ft.
Total length: 34.1 ft.
Deck width: 30.5 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+37.20166, -79.97026   (decimal degrees)
37°12'06" N, 79°58'13" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
17/591381/4117740 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Garden City
Average daily traffic (as of 2012)
1,061
Inventory number
BH 48281 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection report (as of October 2016)
Overall condition: Good
Superstructure condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 74.3 (out of 100)
View more at BridgeReports.com

Categories 

Blue Ridge Parkway (82)
Built 1959 (329)
Built during 1950s (3,862)
Have street view (27,133)
Open (40,016)
Owned by National Park Service (467)
 Owned by federal government (1,235)
Rigid frame (731)
Roanoke County, Virginia (19)
Span length 25-50 feet (15,739)
Total length 25-50 feet (11,234)
Virginia (1,241)

Update Log 

  • November 23, 2015: New photo from Royce and Bobette Haley
  • November 22, 2015: Updated by Royce and Bobette Haley: Changed design
  • June 28, 2014: New Street View added by Ralph Demars
  • March 1, 2011: New photo from Chris Patriarca
  • February 27, 2011: Added by Chris Patriarca

Sources 

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

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