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Kelly's Ford Bridge
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1993 image
1993 — VDOT officials want to replace the 95-year-old Kellys Ford Bridge, a steel-truss structure that carries 500 vehicles a day across the Rappahannock River south of Remington.
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Facts
- Overview
- Lost Pratt pony truss bridge over Rappahannock River on 620
- Location
- Culpeper County, Virginia, and Fauquier County, Virginia
- Status
- No longer exists; replaced in 2001
- History
- Built 1898
- Design
- Pratt pony truss
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +38.47763, -77.78046 (decimal degrees)
38°28'39" N, 77°46'50" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 18/257453/4262474 (zone/easting/northing)
- Inventory number
- BH 88286 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
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25 Years Ago
From The Fauquier Citizen edition of June 4, 1993
Kelly’s Ford Bridge faces uncertainty
The steel beams holding up the Kelly’s Ford Bridge over the Rappahannock River south of Remington groan under the pressure.
Light green cables on each side of the Route 620 span vibrate and the creosote-stained deck rumbles unnervingly.
Despite its moans and quivering, the 95-year-old bridge linking Fauquier and Culpeper counties holds its ground. Virginia Department of Transportation officials, however, hope soon to begin planning a replacement for the steel truss bridge.
This year alone, VDOT will spend $40,000 to repair the steel beams that support 500 vehicles a day. Some, however, want to preserve the span — one of 300 truss bridges still standing in Virginia.