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ACL - Portsmouth Boulevard Bridge

Suffolk, Virginia

Photos 

Looking West

Photo taken by Royce and Bobette Haley in May 2018

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BH Photo #426409

Map 

Street View 

Facts 

Overview
Pony/through plate girder bridge over Portsmouth Blvd on ACLRR
Location
Suffolk, Virginia
Status
Intact but closed to all traffic
History
Built 1963
Builder
- American Bridge Co. of New York
Railroads
- Atlantic Coast Line Railroad (ACL)
- Norfolk Southern Railway (NS)
- Seaboard Coast Line Railroad (SCL)
- Seaboard System Railroad (SBD)
Design
Pony plate girder
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 206.0 ft.
Total length: 253.4 ft.
Deck width: 15.0 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+36.74027, -76.55950   (decimal degrees)
36°44'25" N, 76°33'34" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
18/360766/4067193 (zone/easting/northing)
Inventory number
BH 81417 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

American Bridge Co. (1,533)
Atlantic Coast Line Railroad (97)
Built 1963 (237)
Built during 1960s (2,041)
Closed (2,695)
Girder (10,442)
Have street view (27,212)
Norfolk Southern Railway (2,007)
Owned by railroad (12,673)
Plate girder (8,099)
 Railroad (15,801)
Seaboard Coast Line Railroad (199)
Seaboard System Railroad (105)
Skewed (4,933)
Span length 175-250 feet (1,998)
Suffolk, Virginia (20)
Through girder (3,898)
Total length 250-500 feet (5,292)
Virginia (1,272)

Update Log 

  • May 2, 2018: New photos from Royce and Bobette Haley
  • April 29, 2018: Added by Royce and Bobette Haley

Sources 

  • Royce and Bobette Haley - roycehaley111 [at] yahoo [dot] com

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