Linville Creek Bridge

Photos 

General View, Looking South

Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record

View photos at Library of Congress

BH Photo #152012

Map 

Street View 

Facts 

Overview

Thacher truss bridge over Linville Creek on VA 1421 in Broadway

Location

Rockingham County, Virginia

Status

Bypassed and preserved for pedestrians only

History

Built 1898

Builder

- Wrought Iron Bridge Co. of Canton, Ohio

Design

8-panel Thacher through truss

Dimensions

Span length: 136.2 ft.
Total length: 136.2 ft.
Deck width: 10.8 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 16.3 ft.

Recognition

Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on April 15, 1978

Approximate latitude, longitude

+38.60611, -78.80319   (decimal degrees)
38°36'22" N, 78°48'11" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")

Approximate UTM coordinates

17/691285/4275355 (zone/easting/northing)

Quadrangle map:

Broadway

Average daily traffic (as of 2003)

635

Inventory numbers

NRHP 78003042 (National Register of Historic Places reference number)
VA 16268 (Virginia bridge number)
BH 33838 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Inspection report (as of November 2009)

Overall condition: Poor
Superstructure condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Deck condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 13.8 (out of 100)
View more at BridgeReports.com

Categories 

Update Log 

• December 25, 2018: New photos from Chester Gehman
• May 23, 2017: New Street View added by Dana and Kay Klein
• June 24, 2014: Updated by Nathan Holth: Bridge bypass is complete, per aerial imagry.
• June 24, 2010: Updated by C Hanchey: added NRHP info
• January 7, 2010: Updated by Matthew Ridpath: This is a Thacher truss

Sources 

• HAER VA-97 - Linville Creek Bridge, Spanning Linville Creek at State Route 1421, Broadway vicinity, Rockingham County, VA
• Matthew Ridpath
• C Hanchey - cmh2315fl [at] yahoo [dot] com
• Nathan Holth
• Dana and Kay Klein
• Chester Gehman - gehmanc2000 [at] yahoo [dot] com

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