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YAN - North Toe River Bridge

Yancey County, North Carolina, and Mitchell County, North Carolina

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Facts 

Overview
Lost Pratt through truss bridge over North Toe River on Yancey Railroad
Location
Yancey County, North Carolina, and Mitchell County, North Carolina
Status
Collapsed
History
Abandoned 1977 due to flood-weakened piers; One span damaged by a bulldozer & collapsed 2003; Burned ?, Removed via helicopter ca. 2008
Builder
- Virginia Bridge & Iron Co. of Roanoke, Virginia [also known as Virginia Bridge Co.]
Railroad
- Yancey Railroad (YAN)
Design
Pratt through truss
Approximate latitude, longitude
+35.94414, -82.18702   (decimal degrees)
35°56'39" N, 82°11'13" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
17/392939/3978403 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Micaville
Inventory number
BH 61922 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

5-panel truss (582)
Beam (16,944)
Built 1927 (893)
Built during 1920s (10,282)
Collapsed (450)
Deck girder (6,334)
Girder (11,221)
Lost (29,032)
Lost 2008 (375)
Lost during 2000s (4,418)
Mitchell County, North Carolina (19)
North Carolina (1,037)
 Plate girder (8,769)
Pratt through truss (6,127)
Pratt truss (10,402)
Railroad (16,512)
Through truss (17,170)
Timber stringer (4,338)
Truss (35,915)
Virginia Bridge & Iron Co. (205)
Virginia Bridge Co. (53)
Yancey County, North Carolina (23)
Yancey Railroad (1)

Update Log 

  • May 1, 2018: Updated by Royce and Bobette Haley: Added category "5-panel truss"
  • July 25, 2014: Added by Luke

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