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Photo, Print, Drawing Cartersville Bridge, Route 25, spanning James River, Cartersville, Cumberland County, VA

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[ Photos from Survey HAER VA-11  ]

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About this Item

Title

  • Cartersville Bridge, Route 25, spanning James River, Cartersville, Cumberland County, VA

Names

  • Historic American Engineering Record, creator
  • Scott, David
  • Virginia Board of Public Works
  • Crozet, Claudius
  • Richmond and Alleghany Railroad Company
  • Burns, John A., project manager
  • Lawrence, Jeanne C., transmitter
  • Alderson, Caroline R., transmitter
  • Yearby, Jean P., transmitter
  • Barnett, Lauren, transmitter
  • Christianson, Justine, transmitter
  • Pollak, Richard J., photographer
  • Boucher, Jack E., photographer
  • Borchers, Perry E., photographer

Created / Published

  • Documentation compiled after 1968

Headings

  • -  railroad bridges
  • -  Pratt trusses
  • -  wood truss bridges
  • -  transportation
  • -  wrought iron
  • -  through trusses
  • -  Virginia--Cumberland County--Cartersville

Notes

  • -  Significance: Built in 1884, the Cartersville Bridge is an unusual example of composite truss construction. Located where Va. Route 45 crosses the James River, the center four spans of the bridge were washed away by Hurricane Agnes on June 22, 1972. Fortunately, the two spans adjacent to the shore lines remained intact and today they are owned and preserved by the Cartersville Bridge Association of Goochland County. The bridge was located at a site with a long history of crossings. Construction first took place in 1820 with the erection of a series of Burr arch trusses by David Scott under contract to the Virginia Board of Public Works. The superstructure proved to be faulty and collapsed within a few years but the rough cut ashlar and rubble piers and abutments were utilized in the 1884 bridge and still exist today. In 1841, the famous engineer Claudius Crozet filed a report in concern with replacing the 1822 structure. In 1842, it was destroyed and the Richmond and Allegany Railroad Company agreed to build a bridge on the site. At this time, three separate bridges across the James River were to be built by the Richmond and Allegany Railroad Company and then turned over to Goochland and Botetourt County respectively. Dan Diebler, employee of the Virginia Highway and Transportation Research Council stated that these bridges were to be used to provide vehicular access across the river, particularly to facilitate the use of the railroad by persons on both sides of the river.
  • -  Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N1515
  • -  Survey number: HAER VA-11
  • -  Building/structure dates: 1884 Initial Construction
  • -  Building/structure dates: 1972 Demolished
  • -  Building/structure dates: 1955 Subsequent Work

Medium

  • Photo(s): 13
  • Color Transparencies: 1
  • Data Page(s): 8
  • Photo Caption Page(s): 4

Call Number/Physical Location

  • HAER VA,25-CART.V,1-

Source Collection

  • Historic American Engineering Record (Library of Congress)

Repository

Control Number

  • va0336

Rights Advisory

Online Format

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  • pdf

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Cite This Item

Citations are generated automatically from bibliographic data as a convenience, and may not be complete or accurate.

Chicago citation style:

Historic American Engineering Record, Creator, David Scott, Virginia Board Of Public Works, Claudius Crozet, Richmond And Alleghany Railroad Company, and John A Burns, Pollak, Richard J, Jack E Boucher, and Perry E Borchers, photographer. Cartersville Bridge, Route 25, spanning James River, Cartersville, Cumberland County, VA. Cumberland County Virginia Cartersville, 1968. translateds by Lawrence, Jeanne C.Mitter, Alderson, Caroline R.Mitter, Yearby, Jean P.Mitter, Barnett, Laurenmitter, and Christianson, Justinemitter Documentation Compiled After. Photograph. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/va0336/.

APA citation style:

Historic American Engineering Record, C., Scott, D., Virginia Board Of Public Works, Crozet, C., Richmond And Alleghany Railroad Company & Burns, J. A., Pollak, R. J., Boucher, J. E. & Borchers, P. E., photographer. (1968) Cartersville Bridge, Route 25, spanning James River, Cartersville, Cumberland County, VA. Cumberland County Virginia Cartersville, 1968. Lawrence, J. C. M., Alderson, C. R. M., Yearby, J. P. M., Barnett, L. & Christianson, J., transs Documentation Compiled After. [Photograph] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/va0336/.

MLA citation style:

Historic American Engineering Record, Creator, et al., photographers by Pollak, Richard J, Jack E Boucher, and Perry E Borchers. Cartersville Bridge, Route 25, spanning James River, Cartersville, Cumberland County, VA. trans by Lawrence, Jeanne C.Mitter, et al Documentation Compiled After. Photograph. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/va0336/>.