Phoenix Bridge Explained

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.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Virginia Landmarks Register. Virginia Department of Historic Resources. 5 June 2013.
  2. Web site: National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Phoenix Bridge . Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission Staff . January 1975. Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying photo