Rating:
59825
{97}%
2 votes
DGVR - Tygart Valley River Bridge
Photos
Photo taken by Jim Allen in July 2008
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BH Photo #275124
Description
This bridge was built new in 2006 on the site of a former Western Maryland Railway bridge that had been removed in the 1980s. Construction of the bridge allowed for tourist train traffic to begin using the Elkins Depot.
Facts
- Overview
- Through truss bridge over Tygart Valley River on Durbin & Greenbrier Valley Railroad
- Location
- Elkins, Randolph County, West Virginia
- Status
- Open to traffic
- History
- Built 2006
- Railroads
- - Durbin & Greenbrier Valley Railroad (DGVR)
- West Virginia Central Railroad (WVCR)
- Design
- Through truss
- Also called
- WM - Tygart Valley River Bridge
WVC - Tygart Valley River Bridge
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +38.92287, -79.85170 (decimal degrees)
38°55'22" N, 79°51'06" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
- Approximate UTM coordinates
- 17/599543/4308843 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Elkins
- Inventory number
- BH 59825 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Update Log
- April 17, 2018: Updated by Brian Powell: owned by State Rail Authority
- October 20, 2017: Updated by Brian Powell: new bridge, not rehab
- October 15, 2015: New photo from Jim Allen
- February 20, 2014: Updated by Jim Allen: Added category "Railroad"