Rating:
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New River Virginia and Tennessee Railroad Bridge

Pulaski County, Virginia, and Radford, Virginia

Photo 

Current bridge

Photo taken by Royce and Bobette Haley in February 2017

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BH Photo #381137

Map 

Street View 

Description 

Burned by Union Forces May 10, 1864

Facts 

Overview
Lost Through truss bridge over New River on V&TRR
Location
Fairlawn, Pulaski County, Virginia, and Radford, Virginia
Status
Destroyed by fire
History
Built ca1855, burned by Union Forces 1864
Railroad
- Virginia & Tennessee Railroad
Design
Through truss
Dimensions
Total length: 780.0 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+37.13401, -80.58269   (decimal degrees)
37°08'02" N, 80°34'58" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
17/537065/4109820 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Radford North
Inventory number
BH 75856 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

County line crossing (533)
Covered (1,996)
Destroyed by fire (238)
Fairlawn, Virginia (1)
Have street view (28,927)
Lost (28,575)
Lost 1864 (5)
Lost during 1860s (62)
New River (28)
 Pulaski County, Virginia (34)
Radford, Virginia (5)
Railroad (16,464)
Stone piers (102)
Through truss (16,839)
Total length 500-1000 feet (3,066)
Truss (35,529)
Virginia (1,384)
Virginia & Tennessee Railroad (5)

Update Log 

  • March 2, 2017: Added by Royce and Bobette Haley

Related Bridges 

Sources 

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

New River Virginia and Tennessee Railroad Bridge
Posted March 2, 2017, by Royce and Bobette Haley (roycehaley111 [at] yahoo [dot] com)

The curved piers are original to the 1888 N&W bridge. The V&T bridge was the original bridge on the current NS bridge. I have corrected the posting.

New River Virginia and Tennessee Railroad Bridge
Posted March 2, 2017, by Barry (bllauver [at] toad [dot] net)

Were these piers reused for the successor bridge? Was the original bridge, which was burned, also curved?