N&W Railroad Roanoke River Bridge

Photos 

1906 N&W Railroad Roanoke River Bridge

Photo taken by C Hanchey in April 2010

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BH Photo #161775

Map 

Street View 

• View from highway bridge.

Facts 

Overview

Baltimore through truss bridge over Roanoke River on Norfolk Southern Railroad

Location

Roanoke, Virginia

Status

Open to traffic

History

Built 1906 by the Virginia Bridge & Iron Co.

Builder

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

Railroads

- Norfolk & Western Railway (N&W)
- Norfolk Southern Railway (NS)

Design

Baltimore through truss

Also called

Norfolk and Western Railway Roanoke River Bridge
Norfolk Southern Railroad Roanoke River Bridge

Approximate latitude, longitude

+37.25264, -79.94326   (decimal degrees)
37°15'09" N, 79°56'36" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")

Approximate UTM coordinates

17/593713/4123422 (zone/easting/northing)

Quadrangle map:

Roanoke

Inventory number

BH 44822 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Update Log 

• February 20, 2017: New photos from Royce and Bobette Haley
• May 4, 2010: New Street View added by Nathan Holth
• April 10, 2010: Added by C Hanchey

Sources 

• C Hanchey - cmh2315fl [at] yahoo [dot] com
• Nathan Holth
• Royce and Bobette Haley - roycehaley111 [at] yahoo [dot] com

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