Phoenix Bridge

	Phoenix Bridge
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
	Virginia Landmarks Register
	Phoenix Bridge, HAER Photo, April 1994
Location	Ball Park Road (685) Over Craig Creek, 2.6 miles northwest of Eagle Rock, .8 mile northwest of confluence of Patterson Creek and Craig Creek, near Eagle Rock, Virginia
Coordinates	37°38′56″N 79°49′52″W / 37.64889°N 79.83111°W
Area	less than one acre
Built	1887
Built by	Phoenix Bridge Co.
Architectural style	Trapezoidal Whipple Truss
NRHP reference No.	75002015
VLR No.	011-0095
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	June 10, 1975
Designated VLR	February 18, 1975

Phoenix Bridge is a historic metal Trapezoidal Whipple truss bridge located near Eagle Rock, Botetourt County, Virginia. It was built in 1887, by the Phoenix Bridge Company of Phoenixville, Pennsylvania. 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.^[3]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
^ "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
^ Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission Staff (January 1975). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Phoenix Bridge" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying photo

External links

Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) No. VA-105, "Phoenix Bridge, Spanning Craig Creek at State Route 685, Eagle Rock, Botetourt County, VA", 16 photos, 21 data pages, 2 photo caption pages

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[nris-1] "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.

[register-2] "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Retrieved 5 June 2013.

[VAnom-3] Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission Staff (January 1975). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Phoenix Bridge" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying photo

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