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Goshen Land Company Bridge
Photos
Calfpasture River Bridge elevation
Calfpasture River Bridge showing the northwest side of the structure. Note galvanized finish which was applied in 2002.
Photo taken by Frank Danberg in October 2008
BH Photo #135684
Facts
- Overview
- Two-span Pratt through truss bridge over Calfpasture River on Route 746 in Goshen
- Location
- Rockbridge County, Virginia
- Status
- Open to traffic
- History
- Built 1890, Rehabilitated 2001-02
- Builder
- - Groton Bridge Co. of Groton, New York
- Railroad
- - Streetcar
- Design
- Two span, eight-panel pin-connected Pratt through truss
- Dimensions
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Length of largest span: 138.1 ft.
Total length: 259.9 ft.
Deck width: 19.4 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 19.7 ft.
- Skew angle
- 30 degrees
- Recognition
- Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on May 15, 1978
- Also called
- Calfpasture River Bridge
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +37.98563, -79.49395 (decimal degrees)
37°59'08" N, 79°29'38" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 17/632256/4205290 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Goshen
- Average daily traffic (as of 2014)
- 132
- Inventory numbers
- NRHP 78003041 (National Register of Historic Places reference number)
VA 15686 (Virginia bridge number)
BH 33829 (Bridgehunter.com ID) - Inspection report (as of July 2018)
- Overall condition: Good
Superstructure condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Very Good (8 out of 9)
Deck condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 50.2 (out of 100)
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Update Log
- October 29, 2017: New photos from Martha Carver
- February 26, 2014: Photo imported by Dave King
- May 4, 2010: New Street View added by Nathan Holth
- July 5, 2009: Updated by C Hanchey: Bridge is known as the Goshen Land Company Bridge; added NRHP info
- March 17, 2009: Updated by Anthony Dillon
- March 17, 2009: New photos from Frank Danberg
Sources
- Frank Danberg
- Tony Dillon - spansaver [at] hotmail [dot] com
- C Hanchey - cmh2315fl [at] yahoo [dot] com
- Nathan Holth
- HAER VA-102 - Goshen Bridge, Spanning Calfpasture River at State Route 746, Goshen vicinity, Rockbridge, VA
- Martha Carver - martha_carver [at] bellsouth [dot] net
Comments
Calfpasture River Bridge
VDOT rehabilitated this bridge in 2001-2002. They evidently took apart the truss and had it completely galvanized. It now has a bright silver-like appearance. There is an interest web article on the bridge's restoration on the FHWA website. See it at this address... http://www.tfhrc.gov/pubrds/04jan/07.htm
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I see from the linked article, it was designed for 2 lanes of traffic as well as a street car. That explains the larger than normal size of the floor beams.