Main Street Bridge (1927)

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Main Street Bridge on right

Photo taken by KippTeague in 2015

License: Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike (CC BY-SA)

BH Photo #473179

Overview: Lost concrete arch bridge over Dan River on Main Street in Danville
Location: Danville, Virginia
Status: Replaced by new bridge in 2005
History: Built 1927, Replaced by new bridge in 2005
Builders: - Concrete-Steel Engineering Co. of New York, New York
- George Edwin Biddix (Foreman)
Design: Open-spandrel arch
Dimensions: Length of largest span: 126.0 ft.
Total length: 825.2 ft.
Deck width: 41.0 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude: +36.59000, -79.38833 (decimal degrees)
36°35'24" N, 79°23'18" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates: 17/644171/4050600 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:: Danville
Average daily traffic (as of 2017): 7,000
Inventory numbers: VA 20190 (Virginia bridge number)
BH 33654 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection report (as of December 2018): Overall condition: Poor
Superstructure condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Deck condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 46.3 (out of 100)
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