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Oak Ridge Railroad Overpass
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Virginia Landmarks Register
Oak Ridge Bridge, HAER Photo, April 1994
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Location	SW of Shipman on State Route 653, near Shipman, Virginia
Coordinates	37°42′11″N 78°52′16″W / 37.70306°N 78.87111°W / 37.70306; -78.87111
Area	less than one acre
Built	1882 (1882)
Built by	Keystone Bridge Co.
Architectural style	Pratt truss
NRHP reference No.	78003033
VLR No.	062-0085
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	April 15, 1978
Designated VLR	November 15, 1977

Oak Ridge Railroad Overpass is a historic Pratt truss bridge located near Shipman, Nelson County, Virginia. It was built by the Keystone Bridge Company in 1882, and is a single-span, through Pratt truss with two wooden beam approach spans. The span length is 100 feet (30 m). The approach spans are 19 feet (5.8 m) long. It carries VA State Route 653 over the busy Norfolk Southern Washington District, part of the former Southern Main Line between Washington, D.C., and Atlanta.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.

See also

• List of bridges documented by the Historic American Engineering Record in Virginia
• List of bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in Virginia

References

1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
2. "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
3. W. S. G. Britton III (n.d.). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Oak Ridge Railroad Overpass" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying photo
4. "Central Virginia Railfan Page".

External links

• Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) No. VA-107, "Oak Ridge Bridge, Spanning Southern Railroad at VA State Route 653, Oak Ridge, Nelson County, VA", 15 photos, 14 data pages, 2 photo caption pages

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• Buildings and structures in Nelson County, Virginia
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