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Gleaves Road Bridge

Gleaves Road Bridge

Primary Photographer(s): Nathan Holth

Bridge Documented: May 21, 2017

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Facility Carried / Feature Intersected
Gleaves Road (VA-619) Over Cripple Creek
Location
Rural: Wythe County, Virginia: United States
Structure Type
Metal 6 Panel Pin-Connected Pratt Through Truss, Fixed and Approach Spans: Metal Stringer (Multi-Beam), Fixed
Construction Date and Builder / Engineer
By Builder/Contractor: Phoenix Bridge Company of Phoenixville, Pennsylvania
Rehabilitation Date
1948
Main Span Length
128.0 Feet (39 Meters)
Structure Length
147.0 Feet (44.8 Meters)
Roadway Width
12 Feet (3.66 Meters)
Spans
1 Main Span(s) and 1 Approach Span(s)
Inventory Number
19677

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Bridge Documentation

Located on a former Norfolk and Western railroad line, the railroad and rare Phoenix Column bridge was converted to a highway bridge. During the field visit to this bridge, local residents apparently having a party, had decorated this bridge in generator-powered lights. This bridge was built at an unknown location ca. 1880s, relocated and installed at this location in 1903 as a railroad bridge since at this time what is today the road was a railroad line of Norfolk and Western. The bridge and railroad were abandoned in 1938, and were reopened as a highway bridge ca. 1948.

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This bridge is tagged with the following special condition(s): Phoenix Columns

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