Bowstring Truss Bridge | |
Location | I-81, Ironto Rest Area, near Ironto, Virginia |
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Coordinates | 37°14′21″N 80°13′28″W / 37.23917°N 80.22444°W |
Area | 0.15 acres (0.061 ha) |
Built | 1878 |
Built by | King Iron Bridge Company, Cleveland, Ohio |
Architectural style | Tubular arch pony truss |
NRHP reference No. | 12001136 [1] |
VLR No. | 060-5066 |
Significant dates | |
Added to NRHP | January 2, 2013 |
Designated VLR | June 19, 2008 [2] |
Bowstring Truss Bridge, also known as the Roaring Run Bowstring Truss Bridge and King Tubular Arch Truss Bridge, is a historic bowstring truss bridge located at the Ironto Rest Area near Ironto, Montgomery County, Virginia. It was built by the King Bridge Company in 1878, and is a single-span, four-panel tubular arch pony truss. It measures 55 feet (17 m) long, 12 feet (3.7 m) wide, and 6 feet 6 inches (1.98 m) high with an open roadway width of approximately 9 feet 6 inches (2.90 m). The bridge was partially disassembled and moved from its original location to a second site during the 1930s, where it remained until moved to its current location in 1977. [3]
The bridge was documented by the Historic American Engineering Record in 1983 and listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2013. [1]