Appomattox Bridge, U.S. Route 1 over Appomattox River, Petersburg, Petersburg, Virginia
Summary
Significance: The Appomattox Bridge is a representative example of an early twentieth-century concrete deck bridge utilizing standard design continuous T-beam deck sections. It was built as an important link in the modernization of U.S. Route 1, a highway of national significance in United States transportation history.
Survey number: HAER VA-124
Building/structure dates: 1925 Initial Construction
Tags
Date
1969 - 1980
Contributors
Historic American Engineering Record, creator
J. E. Greiner & Company
W. W. Boxley Construction Company
Norfolk & Western Railway Company
Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Company
Virginia Railway & Power Company
Virginia State Highway Commission
Meyer, Lauren, transmitter
Tucher, Rob, photographer
Downing, Charles M, historian
Casella, Richard M, historian
Location
Petersburg, 37.22793, -77.40193
Source
Library of Congress
Copyright info
No known restrictions on images made by the U.S. Government; images copied from other sources may be restricted. http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/114_habs.html