Crab Run Lane Truss Bridge

Crab Run Lane Truss Bridge
Bridge in March 2013
Location SR 645 over Crab Run, McDowell, Virginia
Coordinates 38°20′6″N 79°29′24″W / 38.33500°N 79.49000°W / 38.33500; -79.49000Coordinates: 38°20′6″N 79°29′24″W / 38.33500°N 79.49000°W / 38.33500; -79.49000
Area less than one acre
Built 1896 (1896)
Architectural style Lane patent pony truss bridge
NRHP Reference # 09000728[1]
VLR # 045-0032
Significant dates
Added to NRHP September 16, 2009
Designated VLR June 18, 2009[2]

Crab Run Lane Truss Bridge is a historic Truss bridge located on State Route 645 in McDowell, Highland County, Virginia. It was built in 1896, by the West Virginia Bridge Works, Wheeling, West Virginia. It is a single-span, four-panel pony truss measuring 39 feet long, 12 feet, 6 inches wide, and 5 feet, 2 inches tall. Much of the bridge is constructed of bent and straight steel railroad rails. The bridge was taken out of service for vehicular traffic in 1994; it is now used to carry pedestrian and bicycle traffic.[3]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2009.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 Staff (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
  3. Karen Brandt (April 2009). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Crab Run Lane Truss Bridge" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying four photos


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