Area less than one acre NRHP Reference # 10001114 Designated VLR September 30, 2010 Opened 1912 Width 4.88 m Architecture firm Phoenix Bridge Company | Built c. 1912 VLR # 010-0072 Closed 1987 Total length 63 m Bridge type Pratt truss bridge Added to NRHP 7 January 2011 | |
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Location Old SR 61 - Wolf Creek Rd., near Rocky Gap, Virginia | ||
Wolf Creek Bridge is a historic metal Pratt truss railroad bridge located near Rocky Gap, Bland County, Virginia. It was built about 1912, by the Phoenix Bridge Company of Phoenixville, Pennsylvania, for the New River, Holston and Western Railroad. It was converted for use as a road bridge in 1946. It measures 206 feet long and 16 feet wide. The bridge was closed in 1987, and became a pedestrian bridge and the focal point of a county recreational park.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2011.
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