Area less than one acre NRHP Reference # 09000728 Opened 1896 | Built 1896 (1896) VLR # 045-0032 Added to NRHP 16 September 2009 | |
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Location SR 645 over Crab Run, McDowell, Virginia Architectural style Lane patent pony truss bridge | ||
Crab Run Lane Truss Bridge is a historic Truss bridge located on State Route 645 in McDowell, Highland County, Virginia. It was built in 1896, by the West Virginia Bridge Works, Wheeling, West Virginia. It is a single-span, four-panel pony truss measuring 39 feet long, 12 feet, 6 inches wide, and 5 feet, 2 inches tall. Much of the bridge is constructed of bent and straight steel railroad rails. The bridge was taken out of service for vehicular traffic in 1994; it is now used to carry pedestrian and bicycle traffic.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2009.
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