Rating:
46142
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3 votes
Blackwood Road Bridge
Photos
Photo taken by Calvin Sneed
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BH Photo #177272
Description
Bridge was built apparently with nearby timber and fabricated steel, skewed about 45 degrees over water surface. Bridge abandoned in 1942 bypassed by a steel stringer/girder bridge.
Facts
- Overview
- Bridge over Powell River, North Fork on Blackwood Road
- Location
- Wise County, Virginia
- Status
- Closed to all traffic
- Design
- Abandoned timber and steel deck truss bridge
- Dimensions
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Total length: 73.1 ft.
- Skew angle
- 45 degrees
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +36.92874, -82.69133 (decimal degrees)
36°55'43" N, 82°41'29" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
- Approximate UTM coordinates
- 17/349365/4088303 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Norton
- Inventory number
- BH 46142 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Update Log
- March 7, 2017: Updated by Royce and Bobette Haley: Design
- July 10, 2013: Updated by Luke Harden: Removed 1942 from lost date section
- September 12, 2010: Added by Calvin Sneed
Sources
- Calvin Sneed - us43137415 [at] yahoo [dot] com
- Luke
- Royce and Bobette Haley - roycehaley111 [at] yahoo [dot] com
I wonder if the trusses are re-purposed from some other, perhaps mining related use.