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NS - East River Bridge (E)

Mercer County, West Virginia

Photos 

Looking South-North spans

Photo taken by Royce and Bobette Haley in June 2017

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BH Photo #394745

Map 

Street View 

Description 

Dimensions and skew are estimates

Facts 

Overview
Deck plate girder bridge over East River on NSRR
Location
Oakvale, Mercer County, West Virginia
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1946
Railroads
- Norfolk & Western Railway (NW)
- Norfolk Southern Railway (NS)
Design
Deck plate girder
Dimensions
Total length: 141.0 ft.
Deck width: 20.0 ft.
Skew angle
50 degrees
Approximate latitude, longitude
+37.33615, -80.95376   (decimal degrees)
37°20'10" N, 80°57'14" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
17/504096/4132164 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Oakvale
Inventory number
BH 77684 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Built 1946 (206)
Built during 1940s (4,095)
Deck girder (5,753)
East River (West Virginia) (12)
Girder (10,245)
Have street view (26,956)
Mercer County, West Virginia (66)
Norfolk & Western Railway (556)
 Norfolk Southern Railway (1,919)
Oakvale, West Virginia (1)
Open (39,895)
Owned by railroad (12,432)
Plate girder (7,933)
Skewed (4,906)
Total length 125-175 feet (5,922)
West Virginia (1,486)

Update Log 

  • July 8, 2017: Added by Royce and Bobette Haley
  • June 19, 2017: New photos from Royce and Bobette Haley

Sources 

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

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