Catoctin Creek Bridge Explained

Catoctin Creek Bridge
Designated Other1:Virginia Landmarks Register
Designated Other1 Date:January 15, 1974[1]
Designated Other1 Number:053-0131
Designated Other1 Num Position:bottom
Coordinates:39.2322°N -77.5919°W
Built:1900
Architect:Alfred Staunton, Variety Iron Works
Added:June 25, 1974
Area:less than one acre
Refnum:74002136

The Catoctin Creek Bridge crosses over Catoctin Creek in Loudoun County, Virginia.

It currently carries Virginia Route 673, also known as Featherbed Lane. Originally located at a crossing of nearby Goose Creek, carrying the Leesburg Turnpike, it was later Virginia State Route 7, but was relocated in 1932 to its present location.

It was placed on the National Register of Historic Places on June 24, 1974.

Description

The bridge is a nine-panel iron Pratt truss bridge, fabricated by the Variety Iron Works of Cleveland, Ohio and first erected around 1889. It is a single span of 159feet, with a roadway width of 11.18feet. The deck is made of timbers. It is one of the longest 19th-century metal truss bridges remaining in Virginia.[2]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Virginia Landmarks Register. Virginia Department of Historic Resources. 5 June 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20130921053819/http://www.dhr.virginia.gov/registers/register_counties_cities.htm#. 2013-09-21. dead.
  2. Web site: P.A.C. Spero and Company. Virginia Department of Transportation Bridge No. 6051. Historic American Engineering Record. 17 September 2011. December 1993.