Rating:
4 votes
Gleaves Road Bridge
Photos
CC BY-NC 2.0, http://www.flickr.com/photos/21953562@N07/4528767615
Photo taken by C Hanchey in April 2010
BH Photo #332567
Facts
- Overview
- Through truss bridge over Cripple Creek on Gleaves Road (Route 619)
- Location
- Wythe County, Virginia
- Status
- Open to traffic
- History
- Built unknown location ca. 1880s, Installed at this location in 1903 as a railroad bridge; abandoned by railroad in 1938, reopened as a highway bridge ca. 1948
- Builder
- - Phoenix Bridge Co. of Phoenixville, Pennsylvania (Fabricator and Likely Builder)
- Railroads
- - Norfolk & Western Railway (N&W)
- Rail-to-road
- Design
- Pin-connected, 6-panel Pratt through truss with Phoenix columns and steel stringer approach.
- Dimensions
-
Length of largest span: 128.0 ft.
Total length: 147.0 ft.
Deck width: 12.1 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 20.0 ft.
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +36.83371, -81.09414 (decimal degrees)
36°50'01" N, 81°05'39" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 17/491605/4076429 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Cripple Creek
- Average daily traffic (as of 2014)
- 162
- Inventory numbers
- VA 19677 (Virginia bridge number)
BH 33918 (Bridgehunter.com ID) - Inspection report (as of July 2016)
- Overall condition: Poor
Superstructure condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Deck condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 34.5 (out of 100)
View more at BridgeReports.com
Update Log
- May 19, 2016: New photos from Jim Allen
- July 16, 2015: Updated by Nathan Holth: List 1903 as installaton date, add fabricator and likely builder.
- April 24, 2012: New Street View added by Ben Tate
Sources
- Ben Tate - benji5221 [at] yahoo [dot] com
- Nathan Holth
- Jim Allen
Comments
Gleaves Road Bridge
This bridge was installed in 1903 when the Norfolk and Western railway branch line was built to Cripple Creek. The bridge is a Phoenix Bridge Company Pratt Truss with Phoenix columns. The Norfolk and Western railway was pulled out in 1938. The bridge was turned over to the Virginia department of highways. The bridge has had some work done in the last few years and does not have a weight limit posted.
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This page's URL is http://bridgehunter.com/va/wythe/19677/
Nice bridge with verticals, top chord and end posts all being Phoenix Columns. I'm guessing the 1948 date is the date it was installed on the roadway, but even the 1903 date would be incorrect. This bridge would date to ca. 1880.