First St Bridge and Randolph St Tower

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John,

Randolph Street Tower is located just west of the East End Shops 
between Interstate-581 and the Williamson Road overpass.

JK Tower is south of the junction where the Winston-Salem line 
crosses the throat of  the (former Virginian) SouthYard.

The 2nd Street Bridge is beside the Virginia Museum of Transportation 
was constructed in the 1990's.

I assume you are asking about the older 1st Street bridge. This 
bridge was reconstructed in 2007 and converted to a pedestrian 
bridge. The span over the tracks was raised to improve clearances 
over the trains. The new span crosses almost the entire right-of-way, 
so I do not expect any changes to the bridge will be necessary.

The CPLs located on the original bridge were moved to their own 
structure before work on the bridge began.

I am attaching a photo taken during the reconstruction. You can see 
the new CPL signal bridge on the left. The reconditioned original 
stone piers can be seen in the middle. The new span can be seen on 
the right, waiting to be lifted across the tracks by a crane that is 
out of the picture right.

Ron Davis

At 02:07 PM 9/11/2012, you wrote:

>Hi Members,

>

>                 Thank you Ron Davis for the info on Roanoke's rail 

> project.  Is JK tower just east of the freeway where the tracks 

> split to go north and to the shops?  Are there going to be any 

> changes to the 2nd street bridge itself?  Lastly, I guess the 

> position light signals will be coming down west of Jefferson St.?

>

>Take care and thanks to all,

>John Hecker

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