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CSX - Roanoke River Bridge

Halifax County, North Carolina, and Northampton County, North Carolina

Photos 

Rail bridge

Photo taken by Panoramio user JBTHEMILKER

License: Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivs (CC BY-ND)

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BH Photo #337754

Map 

Description 

Dimensions are estimates

Facts 

Overview
Deck truss and Pony/through plate girder bridge over Roanoke River on Railroad
Location
Weldon, Halifax County, North Carolina, and Northampton County, North Carolina
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1910
Builder
- Virginia Bridge & Iron Co. of Roanoke, Virginia [also known as Virginia Bridge Co.]
Railroad
- CSX Railroad (CSX)
Design
Warren deck truss with all verticals
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 157.0 ft.
Total length: 4,074.0 ft. (0.8 mi.)
Deck width: 15.0 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+36.43195, -77.59273   (decimal degrees)
36°25'55" N, 77°35'34" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
18/267580/4034984 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Weldon
Inventory number
BH 69252 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Built 1910 (1,260)
Built during 1910s (10,288)
CSX Railroad (1,885)
Deck girder (6,699)
Deck truss (2,082)
Girder (11,783)
Halifax County, North Carolina (8)
North Carolina (1,074)
Northampton County, North Carolina (6)
Open (41,564)
Owned by railroad (14,333)
Plate girder (9,289)
 Railroad (17,179)
Span length 125-175 feet (4,618)
Through girder (4,428)
Total length over 2500 feet (982)
Truss (38,720)
Virginia Bridge & Iron Co. (208)
Virginia Bridge Co. (56)
Warren deck truss (696)
Warren deck truss with all verticals (128)
Warren truss (7,223)
Weldon, North Carolina (7)

Update Log 

  • February 14, 2016: New photo from Royce and Bobette Haley
  • November 26, 2015: Updated by Royce and Bobette Haley: Added category "Virginia Bridge & Iron Co."
  • November 14, 2015: Updated by Royce and Bobette Haley: changed design-added dimensions-added RR-added approaches
  • September 19, 2015: Added by Dave King

Sources 

  • Dave King - DKinghawkfan [at] hotmail [dot] com
  • Royce and Bobette Haley - roycehaley111 [at] yahoo [dot] com

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