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Phoenix Bridge is a historic metal Trapezoidal Whipple
truss A truss is an assembly of ''members'' such as beams, connected by ''nodes'', that creates a rigid structure. In engineering, a truss is a structure that "consists of two-force members only, where the members are organized so that the assembl ...
railroad bridge spanning Craig Creek near Eagle Rock, Botetourt County, Virginia. It was built in 1887 by the
Phoenix Bridge Company The Phoenix Iron Works (1855: Phoenix Iron Company; 1949: Phoenix Iron & Steel Company; 1955: Phoenix Steel Corporation), located in Phoenixville, Pennsylvania, was a manufacturer of iron and related products during the 19th century and early 20th ...
of
Phoenixville, Pennsylvania Phoenixville is a borough in Chester County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is located northwest of Philadelphia at the junction of French Creek and the Schuylkill River. It is in the Philadelphia metropolitan area. The population is 18,616 ...
. It consists of rolled wrought-iron "Phoenix post" compression members and round and rectangular tension rods with pinned joints. It includes a cast panel embellished with anthemions and garlands, small urnlike finials, and quatrefoils and trefoils. an
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/ref> The bridge was listed 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 ...
in 1975.


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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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* Historic American Engineering Record in Virginia Road bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in Virginia Bridges completed in 1887 Buildings and structures in Botetourt County, Virginia National Register of Historic Places in Botetourt County, Virginia Wrought iron bridges in the United States Whipple truss bridges in the United States 1887 establishments in Virginia {{Virginia-bridge-struct-stub