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Cartersville Bridge
Facts
- Overview
- Abandoned composite wood and iron pratt through truss bridge over James River
- Location
- Cumberland County, Virginia, and Goochland County, Virginia
- Status
- Abandoned
- History
- Built 1884; Damaged by flood in 1972 and the two end spans and piers remain
- Railroad
- - Richmond & Alleghany Railroad Co. (RA)
- Design
- Composite Wood and Iron Truss
- Dimensions
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Length of largest span: 159.0 ft.
Total length: 843.0 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 12.3 ft.
- Recognition
- Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on September 14, 1972
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +37.66977, -78.08723 (decimal degrees)
37°40'11" N, 78°05'14" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 17/756904/4173169 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Cartersville
- Inventory numbers
- NRHP 72001390 (National Register of Historic Places reference number)
BH 42903 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Update Log
- September 18, 2020: Updated by Jimmy Walters: Added category "One-lane traffic"
- November 23, 2019: New photos from Geoff Hubbs
- August 26, 2014: Updated by Luke: Added categories "Railroad", "Rail-to-road"
- October 3, 2013: Photo imported by Dave King
- June 29, 2009: Added by C Hanchey
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This page's URL is http://bridgehunter.com/va/cumberland/cartersville/
i crossed that bridge a year before it got washed out. i was so sad. i loved that bridge
i have some good pictures of it