I was traveling on SR-624 (Morgan Ford Rd.) north of Front Royal, Va and to my surprise encountered what appeared to be a very old low-water bridge crossing the Shenandoah River. I saw on VDOT's website that they are intending to replace this bridge with a much more modern 2-lane bridge in the next few years or so. The bridge dates back to 1927, according to VDOT. Next time I'm out that way, I want to get a picture of it. I was wondering if anybody else knew if there other low-water bridges in service anywhere in the northern-half of Virginia. As I was was interested in photographing them as well.
I heard this girl drowned trying to cross this particular bridge back in March. It certainly looked like it wouldn't be very safe to cross when the river level is up. But I suspect these types of bridges are probably going to be phased out overall due to being unsafe. Still, it's interesting to see something like that still in service.