Crab Run Lane Truss Bridge is a historic

Truss bridge A truss bridge is a bridge whose load-bearing superstructure is composed of a truss, a structure of connected elements, usually forming triangular units. The connected elements (typically straight) may be stressed from tension, compression, or ...

located on State Route 645 in McDowell,

Highland County, Virginia Highland County is a county located in the Commonwealth of Virginia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 2,232. Its county seat is Monterey. Known as "Virginia's Switzerland" or "Virginia's Little Switzerland", Highland County is the lea ...

. It was built in 1896, by the West Virginia Bridge Works of

Wheeling, West Virginia Wheeling is a city in the U.S. state of West Virginia. Located almost entirely in Ohio County, of which it is the county seat, it lies along the Ohio River in the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains and also contains a tiny portion extending ...

. It is a single-span, four-panel pony truss measuring long, wide, and 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. an
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National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic v ...

in 2009.

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Road bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in Virginia Bridges completed in 1896 Buildings and structures in Highland County, Virginia National Register of Historic Places in Highland County, Virginia Truss bridges in the United States Steel bridges in the United States 1896 establishments in Virginia {{Virginia-bridge-struct-stub

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