CSX - Appomattox River Bridge

Photos 

Looking North

Photo taken by Royce and Bobette Haley in May 2017

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BH Photo #389043

Map 

Description 

Facts 

Overview

Deck plate girder bridge over Appomattox River on CSX Railroad

Location

Ettrick, Petersburg, Virginia, and Chesterfield County, Virginia

Status

Open to traffic

Builder

- Virginia Bridge & Iron Co. of Roanoke, Virginia [also known as Virginia Bridge Co.]

Railroads

- Atlantic Coast Line Railroad (ACL)
- CSX Railroad (CSX)
- Family Lines System (FL)
- Seaboard Coast Line Railroad (SCL)
- Seaboard System Railroad (SBD)

Design

Deck plate girder

Dimensions

Total length: 1,242.0 ft.
Deck width: 14.0 ft.

Also called

ACL - Appomattox River Bridge
SCL - Appomattox River Bridge
SBD - Appomattox River Bridge

Approximate latitude, longitude

+37.22572, -77.43270   (decimal degrees)
37°13'33" N, 77°25'58" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")

Approximate UTM coordinates

18/284171/4122684 (zone/easting/northing)

Quadrangle map:

Petersburg

Inventory number

BH 65883 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Update Log 

• May 5, 2017: New photos from Royce and Bobette Haley
• April 30, 2017: Updated by Royce and Bobette Haley: Added date,builder, est dimensions, spans

Sources 

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

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