"Built by Southern Railway 1929, gears removed and bridge welded into place 1982." [BridgeHunter] "The lift bridge...was built by the Norfolk and Southern Railroad in 1929 to serve the paper mills along the Pamunkey River at West Point." [hmdb]
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| 3D Satellite, looking South |
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| Royce and Bobette Haley 2017 Photo via Bridge Hunter |
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| Stanley Short posted We are in Richmond, VA on March 9, 1991, looking through the Norfolk Southern bascule bridge on their line to West Point. Running westbound on the former C&O James River Viaduct is eastbound CSX manifest R300 with two C40-8's. Confused? Q300 came eastbound into Fulton Yard on the former C&O. Once at Fulton, the power ran around the train and headed back west to Rivanna Junction and the former C&O Piedmont SD, and then ran a short distance to AM Junction where it headed north on the former Seaboard to South AY interlocking on the RF&P. There it turned south on the former ACL enroute to Portsmouth, it's final destination. Add to that, helpers are required between Fulton and South AY interlocking. This move is still performed several times a day with everything from manifests to unit coal and grain trains. Photo by Stan Short. Randall Hampton shared Nobody ever shows this area from this angle. Vincent Corbo: Probably because of the now present no trespassing sign. |
I discovered this bridge while researching the CSX/C&O James River Viaduct.
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| Dennis DeBruler |
The preserved lock that is just 200' downstream from this bridge was built from 1850-54. [Great Shiplock Park]
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| Satellite |
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