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NS - Middle Fork Holston River Bridge

Smyth County, Virginia

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NS - Middle Fork Holston River Bridge

Norfolk & Western 2-6-6-4 1218 on a June 1989 excursion crosses the Fox Valley Road overpass stone arch, made famous in a 1950s O. Winston Link night photo of a man and boy with a Christmas tree and a streamlined steam locomotive.

Mike Pierry Jr. via Facebook, used with permission

View this photo at scontent.fphl2-4.fna.fbcdn.net

BH Photo #412026

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Street View 

Description 

Stone Arch 1889. Abutments raised in 1932. Plate girder dated 1915.

Facts 

Overview
Deck plate girder and stone arch bridge over Route 645 & Middle Fork Holston River on Railroad (NS)
Location
Seven Mile Ford, Smyth County, Virginia
Status
Open to traffic
History
Stone portion has date of 1896; rebuilt sections have a date of 1932
Railroad
- Norfolk Southern Railway (NS)
Design
Hybrid of stone arch and plate girder
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 70.0 ft.
Total length: 160.0 ft.
Deck width: 14.0 ft.
Also called
NS - VA645 Overpass
Approximate latitude, longitude
+36.81204, -81.61947   (decimal degrees)
36°48'43" N, 81°37'10" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
17/444746/4074200 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Marion
Inventory numbers
VA 17623 (Virginia bridge number)
BH 33869 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

19th Century (7,848)
Arch (12,403)
Built 1896 (279)
Built during 1890s (3,055)
Deck arch (11,639)
Deck girder (6,037)
Girder (10,728)
Have street view (27,721)
Middle Fork Holston River (9)
Norfolk Southern Railway (2,045)
One-lane traffic (7,653)
 Open (40,265)
Owned by railroad (12,983)
Plate girder (8,349)
Railroad (16,100)
Seven Mile Ford, Virginia (1)
Smyth County, Virginia (27)
Span length 50-75 feet (10,259)
Stone Abutments (105)
Stone arch (3,170)
Total length 125-175 feet (6,037)
Virginia (1,283)

Update Log 

  • September 20, 2021: Updated by Luke: Location change per forum comment
  • April 6, 2021: Updated by Royce and Bobette Haley: Description, dimentions
  • November 16, 2018: New photos from Timothy and Joann Phillips
  • July 20, 2018: Updated by Luke: Reverted build date to 1932, as the main span dates to 1932
  • July 20, 2018: Updated by Alexander D. Mitchell IV: Corrected build dates based on new photos
  • July 20, 2018: New photos from Timothy Phillips
  • November 27, 2017: Photo imported by Alexander D. Mitchell IV
  • November 3, 2013: Updated by Luke Harden: Added type & city
  • May 4, 2010: New Street View added by Nathan Holth

Sources 

  • Nathan Holth
  • Luke
  • Timothy and Joann Phillips
  • Alexander D. Mitchell IV
  • Royce and Bobette Haley - roycehaley111 [at] yahoo [dot] com
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Comments 

NS - Middle Fork Holston River Bridge
Posted September 20, 2021, by Dee Widener (WIDENER [at] RIOFENCE [dot] COM)

The location given, "Adwolf", is incorrect. The correct location is Seven Mile Ford, Smyth Co., Va.