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New Hope Valley Railway - Old US 1 Bridge (W)

Wake County, North Carolina

Photos 

Looking NE

Photo taken by Royce and Bobette Haley in May 2015

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BH Photo #330902

Map 

Street View 

Description 

Operated by the North Carolina Railway Museum the New Hope Valley Railway is a heritage railroad running between Bonsal, NC and New Hill, NC. http://www.triangletrain.com/

Facts 

Overview
Steel stringer bridge over Old US 1 on New Hope Valley Railway
Location
Bonsal, Wake County, North Carolina
Status
Open to traffic
Railroads
- New Hope Valley Railway
- Norfolk Southern Railway (1942-82) (NS)
Design
Steel stringer
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 38.1 ft.
Total length: 90.9 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+35.65949, -78.97541   (decimal degrees)
35°39'34" N, 78°58'31" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
17/683265/3948070 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
New Hill
Average daily traffic (as of 1997)
2,000
Inventory numbers
000000001830514
BH 68025 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection report (as of October 1998)
View more at BridgeReports.com

Categories 

Beam (16,952)
Bonsal, North Carolina (2)
Built 1938 (901)
Built during 1930s (12,198)
Have street view (29,250)
New Hope Valley Railway (2)
Norfolk Southern Railway (1942-82) (27)
North Carolina (1,037)
 Open (41,014)
Owned by railroad (13,570)
Railroad (16,523)
Span length 25-50 feet (16,277)
Steel stringer (6,743)
Total length 75-100 feet (6,857)
Wake County, North Carolina (38)

Update Log 

  • June 30, 2015: New photos from Royce and Bobette Haley
  • June 15, 2015: Added by Royce and Bobette Haley

Sources 

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

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