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Shawnee Avenue Bridge

Status: Open to traffic

Location: 36.859449,-82.786028

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Carries Shawnee Avenue over Powell River, South Fork
Design: truss/pony/pratt
Design Details: Pratt pony truss
Total Length: 0.0 Feet
Span Length: 0.0 Feet

Overview: Pratt pony truss bridge over Powell River, South Fork on Shawnee Avenue in Big Stone Gap
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Location: Wise County

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Bull Run Creek Bridge

Status: Unknown status

Location: 36.896667,-82.385000

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Carries Carfax Road over Bull Run Creek
Design: arch/deck/closed
Design Details: Closed-spandrel arch
Total Length: 53.2 Feet
Span Length: 26.9 Feet

Overview: Concrete arch bridge over Bull Run Creek on Carfax Road
History: Built 1924
Built: 1924

Location: Wise County

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Bull Run Creek Bridge

Status: No longer exists

Location: 36.893333,-82.376667

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Carries Carfax Road over Bull Run Creek
Design: arch/deck/closed
Design Details: Closed-spandrel arch
Total Length: 50.9 Feet
Span Length: 25.9 Feet

Overview: Lost concrete arch bridge over Bull Run Creek on Carfax Road
History: Built 1932; replaced 2001
Built: 1932

Location: Wise County

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Main Street Concrete Arch Bridge

Status: Open to traffic

Location: 36.906718,-82.781699

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Carries Main Street over Callahan Creek
Design: arch/deck/luten
Design Details:
Total Length: 82.0 Feet
Span Length: 82.0 Feet

Overview: Luten open spandrel concrete arch bridge over Callahan Creek on Main Street in Appalachia
History: Built 1926
Built: 1926

Location: Wise County

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A Luten open spandrel bridge on Main Street in Downtown Appalachia---Depot Street Arch Bridge is just past it in picture

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Depot Street Concrete Arch Bridge

Status: Open to traffic

Location: 36.906307,-82.781173

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Carries Depot Street over Callahan Branch
Design: arch/deck/luten
Design Details: Although Luten arches are intact, historic northside railing on bridge was replaced.
Total Length: 125.0 Feet
Span Length: 125.0 Feet

Overview: Concrete arch bridge over Callahan Branch on Depot Street in Appalachia
History: Built 1926
Built: 1926

Location: Wise County

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Daniel Webster Dotson Memorial Bridge

Status: Open to traffic

Location: 37.124174,-82.600695

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Carries VA State Highway 83 (Clintwood Highway) over Pound River
Design: arch/deck/open
Design Details: Open spandrel concrete arch
Total Length: 174.9 Feet
Span Length: 105.0 Feet

Overview: Open Spandrel concrete arch bridge over Pound River on State Highway 83 (Clintwood Highway) in Pound
History: Built 1930
Built: 1930

Location: Wise County

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Inman Street Arch Bridge

Status: Open to traffic

Location: 36.899794,-82.784206

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Carries Inman Street over Powell River, North Fork
Design: arch/deck/luten
Design Details: Open spandrel concrete arch
Total Length: 140.1 Feet
Span Length: 140.1 Feet

Overview: Luten open spandrel concrete arch bridge over North Fork Powell River on Inman Street in Appalachia
History: Built 1926
Built: 1926

Location: Wise County

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Inman Street Bridge, Appalachia

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Builders plaque on bridge

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Shawnee Street Bridge

Status: Open to traffic

Location: 36.859483,-82.786013

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Carries Shawnee Street over South Fork Powell River
Design: truss/pony
Design Details: Pony truss
Total Length: 176.8 Feet
Span Length: 89.9 Feet

Overview: Pony truss bridge over South Fork Powell River on Shawnee Street in Big Stone Gap
History: Built 1932
Built: 1932

Location: Wise County

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NS - Route 744 Bridge

Status: Open to traffic

Location: 36.928333,-82.656667

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Carries Norfolk Southern Railroad over Route 744
Design: arch/through/concrete
Design Details: Concrete through arch
Total Length: 16.1 Feet
Span Length: 16.1 Feet

Overview: Rainbow arch bridge over Route 744 on Norfolk Southern Railroad in Norton
History: Built 1907
Built: 1907

Location: Wise County

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West Norton Road Bridge

Status: Open to traffic

Location: 36.924468,-82.674764

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Carries West Norton Road over Powell River
Design: truss/pony/pratt
Design Details: Pratt pony truss
Total Length: 78.1 Feet
Span Length: 78.1 Feet

Overview: Pony truss bridge over Powell River on West Norton Road
History: Built 1930
Built: 1930

Location: Wise County

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The old West Norton pony truss bridge---removed intact, hauled a mile away and replaced

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Concrete steel stringer bridge that replaced old pony truss in 2008

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Powell River Trail - Appalachia Bridge

Status: Open to pedestrians only, a Rails to Trails project

Location: 36.898986,-82.789263

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Carries Norfolk Southern Railway over Powell River, North Fork, Business US 23
Design: truss/through/warren
Design Details: Warren through truss
Total Length: 0.0 Feet
Span Length: 0.0 Feet

Overview: Warren through truss bridge over Powell River, North Fork in Appalachia, VA
History: Once carried tons of coal, now part of Appalachia Virginia's Powell River Trail
Built: 1929

Location: Wise County

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Warren through truss bridge, west view eastward

Powell River, North Fork rapids underneath

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Nice trail

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"Built by Virginia Bridge and Iron Co., Roanoke Va., 1929

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Blackwood Road Bridge

Status: Closed to all traffic

Location: 36.928744,-82.691335

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Carries Blackwood Road over Powell River, North Fork
Design: girder/deck
Design Details: Abandoned timber and steel deck truss bridge
Total Length: 73.1 Feet
Span Length: 0.0 Feet

Overview: Bridge over Powell River, North Fork on Blackwood Road
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Location: Wise County

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CSX - Powell River-Josephine Road Overpass

Status: Open to traffic

Location: 36.930939,-82.662625

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Carries CSX Railroad over Josephine Road and Powell River North 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 Josephine Road and Powell River North Fork on CSX Railroad
History: Built 1910
Built: 1910

Location: Wise County

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Route 790 Wooden Bridge

Status: Open to traffic

Location: 36.927423,-82.656380

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Carries State Highway 790 over Abandoned Interstate Railroad (tracks removed)
Design: beam/stringer/wood
Design Details: Timber stringer
Total Length: 0.0 Feet
Span Length: 0.0 Feet

Overview: Timber stringer bridge over Abandoned Interstate Railroad (tracks removed) on State Highway 790
History: Built 1910
Built: 1910

Location: Wise County

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Gilley Avenue Route 23 Bridge

Status: Open to traffic

Location: 36.865028,-82.771222

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Carries Gilley Avenue East (U.S. 23 Business, U.S. 58 Alternate) over Powell River, South Fork
Design: beam/tee
Design Details: 3-span tee beams are built with slight concrete arch design
Total Length: 98.1 Feet
Span Length: 33.1 Feet

Overview: Concrete tee beam bridge over Powell River, South Fork on Gilley Avenue East (U.S. 23 Business, U.S. 58 Alternate) in Big Stone Gap
History: Built 1934 to carry U.S. 23, switched to Business Route when U.S. 23 was switched to nearby 4-lane Orby Cantrell Highway,now also carries U.S. 58 Alternate
Built: 1934

Location: Wise County

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208681

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LN - Powell River Bridge

Status: Open to pedestrians

Location: 36.883266,-82.786210

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Carries L&N over Highway 78/US 23 Bus, Powell River
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 Highway 78, Powell River on former L&N
History: Built unknown
Built: unknown

Location: Wise County

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Bigstonegaplandn

Old L&N trestle between Appalachia & Big Stone Gap

Photo taken by Bob Lawrence in November 2011

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Adams Street Bridge

Status: Open to pedestrians

Location: 36.937085,-82.465532

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Carries pedestrians over old Interstate railbed
Design: truss/pony/pratt-half
Design Details: Half-hip Pratt pony truss, in a way. Built of 1916 Lackawanna rails over the now abandoned Interstate line from Coeburn to Miller Yard.
Total Length: 100.0 Feet
Span Length: 0.0 Feet

Overview: Half-hip Pratt pony truss bridge over old Interstate railbed on pedestrians
History: Built unknown
Built:

Location: Wise County

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Adamsstbridgefull

Bridge from railbed. Maytown tunnel is just beyond the bridge to the right

Photo taken by Bob Lawrence in December 2011

222498

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Adamsstbridgeraildate

"Lackawanna 1916" date on the rails used to build this bridge

Photo taken by Bob Lawrence in December 2011

222499

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Adamsstbridgetopview

This is looking east across the bridge

Photo taken by Bob Lawrence in December 2011

433224

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433225

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NS - Powell River Trestle

Status: Open to traffic

Location: 36.863423,-82.740823

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Carries Norfolk & Southern over South Fork of Powell River
Design: girder/deck/plate
Design Details: Deck plate girder
Total Length: 390.0 Feet
Span Length: 0.0 Feet

Overview: Deck plate girder bridge over South Fork of Powell River on Norfolk & Southern
History: Replaced an earlier timber trestle at some unknown time. Line was constructed in 1925 or 1926
Built: unknown

Location: Wise County

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Deckgirderlong

Long view of trestle

Photo taken by Bob Lawrence in January 2012

222640

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Deckgirderlowview

view from about river level looking NE

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222641

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Deckgirderoldabutment

View of old abutment and some existing old timbers

Photo taken by Bob Lawrence in January 2012

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Deckgirderoldfooter

Footer in river from older trestle

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Banner Bridge

Status: Open to pedestrians only

Location: 36.950156,-82.428733

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Carries inactive, probably was Interstate over Little Tom Creek
Design: beam/stringer/wood
Design Details: Timber stringer
Total Length: 25.0 Feet
Span Length: 0.0 Feet

Overview: Bridge is on what was once a spur line to coal mines about a half mile northward.
History:
Built: unknown

Location: Wise County

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Bannerbridge

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Guest River Gorge Trail - Swede Tunnel

Status: Open to pedestrians only

Location: 36.920252,-82.449657

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Carries Guest River Gorge Trail over
Design: tunnel
Design Details: Tunnel
Total Length: 0.0 Feet
Span Length: 0.0 Feet

Overview: Tunnel on Guest River Gorge Trail
History: Built 1922
Built: 1922

Location: Wise County

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Approaching the tunnel from the north

Photo taken by Timothy and Joann Phillips in August 2018

433246

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433247

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433248

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Not sure of the purpose of these little indentions

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"1922"

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Guest River Gorge Trail - Guest River Bridge

Status: Open to pedestrians only

Location: 36.918418,-82.449756

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Carries Guest River Gorge Trail over Guest River
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 Guest River on Guest River Gorge Trail
History:
Built: 1922

Location: Wise County

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Looking south

Photo taken by Timothy and Joann Phillips in August 2018

433236

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Glimpse through the trees

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The Guest River offers great fishing opportunities

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Detail of mid-span support

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Detail of bottom of truss

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433242

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Built by McClintic Marshall Company, Pittsburgh PA, 1922

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Guest River Gorge Trail - Guest River Bridge #2

Status: Open to traffic

Location: 36.876986,-82.407036

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Carries Guest River Gorge Trail over Guest River
Design: girder/pony/plate
Design Details: Pony plate girder
Total Length: 0.0 Feet
Span Length: 0.0 Feet

Overview: Pony plate girder bridge over Guest River on Guest River Gorge Trail
History:
Built:

Location: Wise County

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CSX - Guest River Viaduct

Status: Open to traffic

Location: 36.876883,-82.407036

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Carries Railroad (CSX) over Guest River
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 Guest River on Railroad (CSX)
History:
Built:

Location: Wise County

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NS/CSX - 4th Avenue Overpass

Status: Open to traffic

Location: 36.903509,-82.311598

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Carries CSX and Norfolk Southern Railroad over 4th Avenue
Design: slab
Design Details: Slab
Total Length: 0.0 Feet
Span Length: 0.0 Feet

Overview: Bridge over 4th Avenue on CSX and Norfolk Southern Railroad
History: Built 1939
Built: 1939

Location: Wise County

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Photo taken by Shane Passmore in November 2013

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Photo taken by Shane Passmore in November 2013

433227

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Photo taken by Timothy and Joann Phillips in August 2018

433228

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433229

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Bee Rock Tunnel

Status: Open to pedestrians on a trail

Location: 36.896639,-82.788861

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Carries Roaring Branch Trail over
Design: tunnel
Design Details: Tunnel
Total Length: 48.0 Feet
Span Length: 0.0 Feet

Overview: Tunnel
History:
Built: 1891

Location: Wise County

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Guest River-Stone Mountain Road Bridge

Status: Replaced by new bridge in 1974

Location: 36.934520,-82.532784

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Carries Stone Mountain Road (Route 706) over Guest River
Design: truss/through/pratt
Design Details: 5-panel, pinned Pratt through truss
Total Length: 0.0 Feet
Span Length: 0.0 Feet

Overview: Lost Pratt through truss bridge over Guest River on Stone Mountain Road (Route 706).
History: Replaced 1974
Built:

Location: Wise County

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Guest River Bridge

Kingsport Times: January 9 1972

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C&O - Pine Mountain Tunnel

Status: Derelict/abandoned

Location: 37.150988,-82.628153

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Carries C&O RR over Pine Mountain
Design: tunnel
Design Details: Tunnel
Total Length: 0.0 Feet
Span Length: 0.0 Feet

Overview: Abandoned tunnel under Pine Mountain on C&O RR
History: Abandoned in 1958
Built: 1948

Location: Wise County

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C&O - Pine Mountain Tunnel

west portal

Photo taken by Bob Lawrence

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LN - Callahan's Nose Tunnel

Status: Intact but closed to all traffic

Location: 36.884153,-82.786484

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Carries L&N RR (abandoned) over hillside
Design: tunnel
Design Details: Tunnel
Total Length: 135.0 Feet
Span Length: 0.0 Feet

Overview: Tunnel under hillside on L&N RR (abandoned)
History: Line abandoned c1986
Built: 1890

Location: Wise County

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Callahans Nose northface

north portal

Photo taken by Bob Lawrence


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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