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Roaring River Yadkin Valley Railroad Bridge

Wilkes County, North Carolina

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Looking NE

Photo taken by Royce and Bobette Haley in June 2017

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BH Photo #393976

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Street View 

Description 

Dimensions are estimates

Facts 

Overview
Warren through truss with all verticals bridge over Roaring River on YVRR
Location
Wilkes County, North Carolina
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1900
Builder
- Phoenix Bridge Co. of Phoenixville, Pennsylvania
Railroads
- Southern Railway (SOU)
- Yadkin Valley Railroad (YVRR)
Design
Warren through truss with all verticals
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 160.0 ft.
Total length: 201.0 ft.
Deck width: 15.0 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+36.20439, -81.01010   (decimal degrees)
36°12'16" N, 81°00'36" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
17/499091/4006619 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Roaring River
Inventory number
BH 77594 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

6-panel truss (825)
Built 1900 (957)
Built during 1900s (7,681)
Deck girder (6,335)
Girder (11,222)
Have street view (29,165)
Laced endposts (165)
North Carolina (1,037)
Open (41,013)
Owned by railroad (13,566)
Phoenix Bridge Co. (247)
Pin-connected (4,867)
 Riveted (2,566)
Southern Railway (385)
Span length 125-175 feet (4,454)
Through truss (17,185)
Total length 175-250 feet (4,519)
Truss (35,933)
Warren through truss (1,710)
Warren through truss with all verticals (443)
Warren truss (7,041)
Wilkes County, North Carolina (8)
Yadkin Valley Railroad (11)

Update Log 

  • June 14, 2017: Added by Royce and Bobette Haley

Sources 

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

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