Grassy Creek Bridge
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Grassy Creek Bridge | |
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| Coordinates | 37°18′36″N 82°17′16″W / 37.31000°N 82.28778°W |
| Carries | 4 lanes of Corridor Q (VA 460) |
| Crosses | Grassy Creek Conaway Road (SR 610) |
| Named for | Grassy Creek |
| Characteristics | |
| Material | Concrete |
| Total length | 1,733 ft (528 m)[1] |
| Width | 43 ft (13 m)[1] |
| Height | 265 ft (81 m)[1] |
| History | |
| Opened | November 16, 2020[1] |
| Location | |
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The Grassy Creek Bridge is a concrete dual-span bridge in Breaks, Virginia, United States. Opened in 2020, the bridge carries Corridor Q (Virginia State Route 460) across Grassy Creek, a tributary of the Russell Fork and is located immediately southeast of the Kentucky border. It is the tallest and highest bridge in the state.
Construction of the Grassy Creek Bridge began in January 2011,[2] with the intention to carry a new alignment of U.S. Route 460 (currently signed as State Route 460) through the Appalachian Mountains.[3] The new alignment, named Corridor Q, is part of the Appalachian Development Highway System and will run from Pikeville, Kentucky, to Christiansburg, Virginia, when completed.[4] The Grassy Creek Bridge project was listed as no. 1 on the Roads & Bridges 2013 Top 10 Bridges list.[5]
With a construction cost of approximately $100 million,[3] the bridge was completed in September 2015[2] and became the tallest and highest in the state, but was dubbed a "bridge to nowhere" as the highway leading to it remained under-construction.[6] On November 16, 2020, the Grassy Creek Bridge and the segment of Corridor Q it carried were opened to traffic.[1]