New River Virginia and Tennessee Railroad Bridge

Photo

Current bridge

Photo taken by Royce and Bobette Haley in February 2017

BH Photo #381137

Burned by Union Forces May 10, 1864

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)

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?