Valley Railroad Bridge

Valley Railroad Bridge
Looking toward the bridge from Mill Road
Location 1002 Newman Dr., Salem, Virginia
Coordinates 37°18′14″N 80°2′43″W / 37.30389°N 80.04528°W / 37.30389; -80.04528Coordinates: 37°18′14″N 80°2′43″W / 37.30389°N 80.04528°W / 37.30389; -80.04528
Area Less than 1 acre (0.40 ha)
Built 1873 (1873)
Architect Thomas K. Menifee
NRHP reference # 09000617[1]
VLR # 129-5023
Significant dates
Added to NRHP August 12, 2009
Designated VLR June 18, 2009[2]

Valley Railroad Bridge is a historic limestone arch bridge located over Gish Branch at Salem, Virginia. It was built in 1873, and is a single-span, barrel-vaulted stone structure. The bridge structure is a semi-circular vaulted tunnel through a man-made earthen embankment. The bridge is an architecturally significant remnant of an unrealized transportation scheme dating to the Reconstruction Era following the American Civil War. The Valley Railroad was never completed to Salem, therefore the bridge, constructed in 1873, never fulfilled its intended purpose.[3]

The bridge was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2009.[1]

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References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Archived from the original on 21 September 2013. Retrieved 19 March 2013.
  3. ↑ John R. Hildebrand and Michael J. Pulice (February 2009). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Valley Railroad Bridge" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying photo


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