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East River Norfolk Southern Railway Bridge (W)

Mercer County, West Virginia

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Looking SE-North span

Photo taken by Royce and Bobette Haley in June 2017

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BH Photo #394794

Map 

Description 

Dimensions and skew are estimates.

Facts 

Overview
Warren deck truss with alternating verticals bridge over East River on NSRR
Location
Mercer County, West Virginia
Status
Open to traffic
Railroads
- Norfolk & Western Railway (N&W)
- Norfolk Southern Railway (NS)
Design
Warren deck truss with alternating verticals
Dimensions
Span length: 130.0 ft.
Total length: 130.0 ft.
Deck width: 30.0 ft.
Skew angle
40 degrees
Approximate latitude, longitude
+37.35322, -80.87466   (decimal degrees)
37°21'12" N, 80°52'29" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
17/511100/4134064 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Narrows
Inventory number
BH 77692 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Deck truss (1,559)
East River (West Virginia) (12)
Mercer County, West Virginia (53)
Norfolk & Western Railway (300)
Norfolk Southern Railway (1,475)
Open (37,477)
Owned by railroad (10,233)
Riveted (1,947)
 Skewed (4,743)
Span length 125-175 feet (3,903)
Total length 125-175 feet (5,362)
Truss (29,904)
Warren deck truss (565)
Warren deck truss with alternating verticals (48)
Warren truss (5,926)
West Virginia (1,312)

Update Log 

  • June 20, 2017: Added by Royce and Bobette Haley

Sources 

  • Royce and Bobette Haley - roycehaley111 [at] yahoo [dot] com
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East River Norfolk Southern Railway Bridge (W)
Posted June 20, 2017, by John Marvig

I would say the deck girder span is a modern span. I've seen spans similar to this with the fish belly type. Normally, they replace a truss.