(
Bridge Hunter;
Historic Bridges;
B&T,
Blog;
Satellite)
The NS/CNO&TP also has a
New River Bridge.
Walter Langston
shared his post with the comment: "
the train trestle and hiway bridge prince west Virginia new river is flooding." I include his photos of the bridge built in 2015 because its piers look so spindly compared to the lateral force they have to endure. I wonder how deep bedrock is here.
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I used street view to see the height of a normal river flow. The street view is older than 2015 because traffic is still routed over the old bridge. But I was able to find a location on the bridge so that I could see all three piers between the truss members.
Another data point as to the normal river level.
A reason the C&O built in this difficult terrain.
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AppalachianRailroadModeling
Island Creek coal facility near Prince, WV, 1969 -Donald Haskel
[Doing a Google search finds results for Holden, WV; but not Prince, WV.] |
"Island Creek coal facility near Prince, WV, 1969 -Donald Haskel
ReplyDelete[Doing a Google search finds results for Holden, WV; but not Prince, WV.]"
There was an Island Creek coal mine at Terry, WV, across the river from Prince, WV which was a spur/'branch' reached by a bridge. This may be the reason why a search of Prince didn't find any results.