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The Catoctin Creek Bridge crosses over Catoctin Creek in
Loudoun County Loudoun County () is in the northern part of the Commonwealth of Virginia in the United States. In 2020, the census returned a population of 420,959, making it Virginia's third-most populous county. Loudoun County's seat is Leesburg. Loudoun C ...
,
Virginia Virginia, officially the Commonwealth of Virginia, is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Southeastern regions of the United States, between the Atlantic Coast and the Appalachian Mountains. The geography and climate of the Commonwealth ar ...
. It currently carries Virginia Route 673, also known as Featherbed Lane. Originally located at a crossing of nearby Goose Creek, carrying the Leesburg Turnpike, it was later
Virginia State Route 7 Virginia State Route 7 (VA 7) is a major primary state highway and busy commuter route in northern Virginia, United States. It travels southeast from downtown Winchester to SR 400 (Washington Street) in downtown Alexandria. Its ...
, but was relocated in 1932 to its present location. It was placed on the
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 ...
on June 24, 1974.


Description

The bridge is a nine-panel iron
Pratt truss 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 ...
bridge, fabricated by the Variety Iron Works of
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and first erected around 1889. It is a single span of , with a roadway width of . The deck is made of timbers. It is one of the longest 19th-century metal truss bridges remaining in Virginia.


See also

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List of bridges documented by the Historic American Engineering Record in Virginia __NOTOC__ This is a list of bridges documented by the Historic American Engineering Record in the US state of Virginia. Bridges See also *List of tunnels documented by the Historic American Engineering Record in Virginia References External ...
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List of bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in Virginia This is a list of bridges and tunnels on the National Register of Historic Places in the U.S. state of Virginia. References {{NRHP bridges Virginia Bridges Bridges A bridge is a structure built to span a physical obstacle (such a ...


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* Buildings and structures in Loudoun County, Virginia Bridges completed in 1889 1889 establishments in Virginia Road bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in Virginia National Register of Historic Places in Loudoun County, Virginia Relocated buildings and structures in Virginia Historic American Engineering Record in Virginia Iron bridges in the United States Pratt truss bridges in the United States {{Virginia-bridge-struct-stub