NS - New River Bridge - Radford

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RR bridge at Sunset on the New River (Radford, Virginia)

Photo taken by jonmac33

View this photo at panoramio.com

BH Photo #262113

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Facts 

Overview

Deck truss bridge over Hazel Hollow Road 626 on NS Railroad in Fairlawn

Location

New River, Pulaski County, Virginia, and Radford, Virginia

Status

Open to traffic

History

Built 1927

Railroads

- Atlantic, Mississippi, & Ohio Railroad (AM&O)
- Norfolk & Western Railway (NW)
- Norfolk Southern Railway (NS)
- Virginia & Tennessee Railroad

Design

Deck truss

Dimensions

Length of largest span: 126.0 ft.
Total length: 600.1 ft.

Approximate latitude, longitude

+37.13413, -80.58313   (decimal degrees)
37°08'03" N, 80°34'59" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")

Approximate UTM coordinates

17/537026/4109833 (zone/easting/northing)

Quadrangle map:

Radford North

Inventory numbers

VA 14557 (Virginia bridge number)
BH 33812 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

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Update Log 

• February 25, 2017: New photo from Royce and Bobette Haley
• February 20, 2017: New photos from Royce and Bobette Haley
• August 11, 2013: Updated by Luke Harden: Crrected GPS, added cities
• August 11, 2013: Photo imported by Dave King
• November 20, 2010: Updated by Matthew Ridpath: Bridge is also in Radford, VA.

Related Bridges 

• New River Virginia and Tennessee Railroad Bridge (Upstream)
• New River Virginia and Tennessee Railroad Bridge (Predecessor)

Sources 

• Matthew Ridpath
• Virginia Tech Imagebase - Second photo on top row, from 1886
• Dave King - DKinghawkfan [at] hotmail [dot] com
• Luke
• Royce and Bobette Haley - roycehaley111 [at] yahoo [dot] com

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