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Fighting to Preserve Virginia's Historic Bridges

The Piedmont Environmental Council's Julie Bolthouse discusses why it's so important to protect and preserve Virginia's historic metal truss bridges. Virginia’s few remaining historic metal truss bridges, with their unique architectural qualities and irreplaceable role in the state’s heritage, is on Preservation Virginia’s list of Most Endangered Historic Places for 2020. Every year since 2005, the organization has released a list of historic features within the Commonwealth that face imminent or sustained threats, in hopes of encouraging citizens, organizations and local and state governments to advocate for their protection and preservation. The organization released its 2020 list yesterday, as part of National Historic Preservation Month. The Piedmont Environmental Council has advocated for the protection of several significant historic bridges, including the John G. Lewis Bridge and the state’s oldest metal truss bridge, Waterloo Bridge, among others. Waterloo Bridge spans the Rappahannock River, historically a major route for moving agricultural goods from the Shenandoah Valley to the Port of Fredericksburg, and links Waterloo and Old Bridge roads in Culpeper County to Jeffersonton Road in Fauquier County. Known for its distinctive iron and (more) steel Pratt through-truss, the bridge was built in 1878 at a river crossing that first served as a link to a bustling canal town and later became a pivotal river crossing during the Civil War, when an earlier bridge was destroyed. It was the oldest metal truss bridge still in service in Virginia when it was closed in 2014 due to its dilapidated condition. PEC launched a years-long, community-wide campaign for the restoration of Waterloo Bridge, generating enormous public pressure and a $1 million gift to support VDOT’s rehabilitation of the bridge. The bridge is currently undergoing restoration and should be reopened for vehicular traffic in the spring 2021. Learn more at https://www.pecva.org/maps-and-resour...