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Garden Creek Bridge

Status: Open to traffic

Location: 37.210893,-82.007548

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Carries Norfolk Southern Railroad over VA-624 & Garden Creek
Design: beam/stringer/steel
Design Details: Steel stringer
Total Length: 250.0 Feet
Span Length: 49.9 Feet

Overview: Steel stringer bridge over VA-624 & Garden Creek on Norfolk Southern Railroad
History: Built 1913
Built: 1913

Location: Buchanan County

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Garden Creek Bridge No. 2

Status: Open to traffic

Location: 37.211406,-82.006869

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Carries Norfolk Southern Railroad Spur over VA-624, VA-669 & Garden Creek
Design: beam/stringer/steel
Design Details: Steel stringer
Total Length: 220.2 Feet
Span Length: 44.0 Feet

Overview: Steel stringer bridge over VA-624, VA-669 & Garden Creek on Norfolk Southern Railroad Spur
History: Built 1936
Built: 1936

Location: Buchanan County

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Russell Fork River Bridge

Status: Open to traffic

Location: 37.077819,-82.065753

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Carries Helen Henderson Hw over Russell Fork River
Design: beam/tee
Design Details: Concrete tee beam
Total Length: 65.9 Feet
Span Length: 33.1 Feet

Overview: Concrete tee beam bridge over Russell Fork River on Helen Henderson Hw
History: Built 1932
Built: 1932

Location: Buchanan County

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Grassy Creek "Bridge to Nowhere"

Status: Completed, but not yet officially opened to traffic
Expected to open to traffic in 2020 after connecting road is completed in Kentucky.

Location: 37.310016,-82.287930

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Carries Future US 460/Corridor Q over Grassy Creek and Route 610
Design: other
Design Details: Cast-in-place segmental concrete
Total Length: 1700.0 Feet
Span Length: 489.0 Feet

Overview: Bridge over Grassy Creek and Route 610 on Future US 460/Corridor Q
History: Construction started 2011; completed 2015 but with no connecting roads
Built: 2015

Location: Buchanan County

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NS - Laurel Fork Trestle

Status: Open to traffic

Location: 37.209624,-81.870506

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Carries NS RR over Laurel Fork and Route 635
Design: girder/deck/plate
Design Details: Deck plate girder
Total Length: 0.0 Feet
Span Length: 0.0 Feet

Overview: Deck plate girder bridge over Laurel Fork and Route 635 on NS RR
History:
Built:

Location: Buchanan County

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464134

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NS - Laurel Fork Trestle

Photo taken by Drifton Dalton

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NS - Levisa Fork Bridge

Status: Open to traffic

Location: 37.320335,-82.167954

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Carries NS RR over Levisa Fork
Design: girder/deck/plate
Design Details: Deck plate girder
Total Length: 0.0 Feet
Span Length: 0.0 Feet

Overview: Deck plate girder bridge over Levisa Fork on NS RR
History:
Built:

Location: Buchanan County

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464363

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NS - Levisa Fork Bridge

looking south

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NS - Raitt Tunnel

Status: Open to traffic

Location: 37.351106,-82.066914

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Carries NS RR over hillside
Design: tunnel
Design Details: Tunnel
Total Length: 3766.0 Feet
Span Length: 0.0 Feet

Overview: Tunnel under hillside on NS RR
History:
Built:

Location: Buchanan County

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Special Bridge Conditions Legend: R - Former location of relocated bridge. ! - At risk for demolition or destruction. X - Confirmed demolished or collapsed. S  - Dismantled and/or in storage. L -  Severe loss of historic integrity due to alteration.

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