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Yellow Mountain Road Blue Ridge Parkway Bridge

Roanoke County, Virginia, and Roanoke, Virginia

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Looking South

Photo taken by Royce and Bobette Haley in October 2015

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BH Photo #348389

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Facts 

Overview
Concrete rigid frame bridge over Virginia Secondary Route 668 (Yellow Mountain Road) on Blue Ridge Parkway
Location
Roanoke County, Virginia, and Roanoke, Virginia
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1962
Design
Concrete rigid frame
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 29.9 ft.
Total length: 39.0 ft.
Deck width: 34.1 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+37.22301, -79.92933   (decimal degrees)
37°13'23" N, 79°55'46" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
17/594986/4120149 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Garden City
Average daily traffic (as of 2012)
4,188
Inventory number
BH 48282 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection report (as of October 2016)
Overall condition: Fair
Superstructure condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 95.4 (out of 100)
View more at BridgeReports.com

Categories 

Built 1962 (225)
Built during 1960s (2,149)
Have street view (28,909)
Open (40,968)
Owned by National Park Service (488)
Owned by federal government (1,287)
 Rigid frame (772)
Roanoke County, Virginia (19)
Roanoke, Virginia (38)
Span length 25-50 feet (16,220)
Total length 25-50 feet (11,500)
Virginia (1,382)

Update Log 

  • February 4, 2016: New photos from Royce and Bobette Haley
  • October 16, 2015: Updated by Royce and Bobette Haley: corrected bridge type
  • September 9, 2013: Updated by Michael Miller: Added "Other Location" & "City"
  • February 27, 2011: Added by Chris Patriarca

Sources 

  • Chris P.
  • Michael Miller - michael_a_miller [at] yahoo [dot] com
  • Royce and Bobette Haley - roycehaley111 [at] yahoo [dot] com

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