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Seaboard Coast Line Railroad Underpass

Suffolk, Virginia

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Looking SW

Photo taken by Royce and Bobette Haley in May 2018

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BH Photo #426482

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Description 

Dimensions are estimates

Facts 

Overview
Pony/through plate girder bridge over SCLRR on CWRY
Location
Suffolk, Virginia
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1906
Builder
- Virginia Bridge & Iron Co. of Roanoke, Virginia [also known as Virginia Bridge Co.]
Railroads
- Commonwealth Railway
- Norfolk Southern Railway (NS)
- Norfolk, Franklin, & Danville Railway (NF&D)
- Seaboard Coast Line Railroad (SCL)
Design
Pony plate girder
Dimensions
Span length: 56.0 ft.
Total length: 56.0 ft.
Deck width: 15.0 ft.
Skew angle
45 degrees
Approximate latitude, longitude
+36.73864, -76.56339   (decimal degrees)
36°44'19" N, 76°33'48" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
18/360415/4067019 (zone/easting/northing)
Inventory number
BH 81413 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Built 1906 (571)
Built during 1900s (6,712)
Commonwealth Railway (3)
Girder (8,963)
Norfolk Southern Railway (1,526)
Norfolk, Franklin, & Danville Railway (6)
Open (38,336)
Owned by railroad (10,918)
Plate girder (6,822)
Railroad (14,224)
 Seaboard Coast Line Railroad (140)
Skewed (4,800)
Span length 50-75 feet (9,473)
Suffolk, Virginia (19)
Through girder (3,326)
Total length 50-75 feet (8,902)
Virginia (1,094)
Virginia Bridge & Iron Co. (178)
Virginia Bridge Co. (51)

Update Log 

  • May 2, 2018: New photos from Royce and Bobette Haley
  • April 29, 2018: Added by Royce and Bobette Haley

Sources 

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

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