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on the

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of CSX Transportation.

Details

Starting in the north, the bridge begins to rise and cross East Marshall Street and East Broad Street (

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and State Route 33). It then passes the

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. Then it crosses East Main Street (U.S. Routes 60 and

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), East Cary Street, South 17th Street, and Dock Street before connecting to the Rivanna Subdivision Trestle at Rivanna Junction. The bridge parallels the

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and runs between the river and the large buildings of Tobacco Row before it crosses the

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, Dock Street, Pear Street and Main Street again before finally returning to ground level.

References

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