Phoenix Bridge | |
Designated Other1: | Virginia Landmarks Register |
Designated Other1 Date: | February 18, 1975[1] |
Designated Other1 Number: | 011-0095 |
Designated Other1 Num Position: | bottom |
Location: | Ball Park Road (SR 685) Over Craig Creek, 2.6miles northwest of Eagle Rock, 0.8miles northwest of confluence of Patterson Creek and Craig Creek, near Eagle Rock, Virginia |
Coordinates: | 37.6492°N -79.8311°W |
Builder: | Phoenix Bridge Co. |
Architecture: | Trapezoidal Whipple Truss |
Added: | June 10, 1975 |
Area: | less than one acre |
Refnum: | 75002015 |
Phoenix Bridge is a historic metal trapezoidal Whipple truss railroad bridge spanning Craig Creek near Eagle Rock, Botetourt County, Virginia. It was built in 1887 by the Phoenix Bridge Company of Phoenixville, Pennsylvania. It consists of rolled wrought iron "Phoenix post" compression members and round and rectangular tension rods with pinned joints. It includes a cast panel embellished with anthemions and garlands, small urn-like finials, and quatrefoils and trefoils.[2]
The bridge was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975.