Friday, July 25, 2025

Road/C&O Bridge over Kanawha Canal at Richmond, VA

(Satellite)

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"The original bridge across that section of the canal was destroyed in a flood in 1985. CSX built the replacement bridge by laying wooden planks atop an abandoned railway trestle, creating the version of the bridge that has been used ever since."

This map shows the original bridge and the fact that today's bridge was an industrial railroad spur. I'm guessing that the C&O spur was used to supply coal cars to the University of Richmond. This map also confirms that what Google Maps labels as East Branch Tuckahoe Creek was the Kanawha Canal.
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