Virginia Department of Historic Resources Virginia Department of Historic Resources
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VLR Listing Date 06/18/2009
NRHP Listing Date 09/16/2009
NRHP Reference Number 09000728
The Crab Run Lane Truss Bridge, erected in 1896, is located in McDowell in Highland County. Manufactured by the West Virginia Bridge Works of Wheeling, West Virginia, the modest size bridge, of four-panel, pony truss construction, is supported by concrete and limestone abutments. Embodying the distinctive characteristics of the patented Lane truss bridge design, as well as the use of bent train rails on the top and bottom of the entire track to improve connection strength, it is the only surviving example of this unusual configuration in Virginia. In 1994, the bridge was closed to motorized traffic and converted for use by pedestrians and bicyclists only.
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Abbreviations:
VLR: Virginia Landmarks Register
NPS: National Park Service
NRHP: National Register of Historic Places
NHL: National Historic Landmark
Updated: January 26, 2021
