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Whitsett Avenue Norfolk Southern Bridge

Guilford County, North Carolina

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Whitsett Avenue Norfolk Southern Bridge

Looking NE

Photo taken by Royce and Bobette Haley in March 2015

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BH Photo #322620

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Overview
1918 Deck plate girders over Whitsett Ave on NSRR
Location
Gibsonville, Guilford County, North Carolina
Status
Open to traffic
Builder
- Virginia Bridge & Iron Co. of Roanoke, Virginia [also known as Virginia Bridge Co.]
Railroads
- Norfolk Southern Railway (NS)
- North Carolina Railroad Co. (NCRR)
Design
Deck plate girder
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 29.9 ft.
Total length: 38.1 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+36.10663, -79.54549   (decimal degrees)
36°06'24" N, 79°32'44" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
17/630919/3996754 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Gibsonville
Inventory numbers
000000000810180
BH 67028 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Built 1918 (497)
Built during 1910s (9,683)
Deck girder (5,783)
Gibsonville, North Carolina (1)
Girder (10,307)
Guilford County, North Carolina (47)
Have street view (27,081)
Norfolk Southern Railway (1,955)
North Carolina (969)
 North Carolina Railroad Co. (41)
Open (39,995)
Owned by railroad (12,507)
Plate girder (7,991)
Railroad (15,614)
Span length 25-50 feet (15,713)
Total length 25-50 feet (11,216)
Virginia Bridge & Iron Co. (196)
Virginia Bridge Co. (53)

Update Log 

  • April 15, 2015: Added by Royce and Bobette Haley

Sources 

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

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