High Bridge

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historic site railroad bridge

High Bridge is a historic and strategically significant railroad bridge in Virginia, best known for its role in the final days of the American Civil War.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
High Bridge canonical	3
High Bridge (historic railroad bridge)	1

Statements (30)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	historic site ⓘ railroad bridge ⓘ
associatedWithEvent	Appomattox Campaign NERFINISHED ⓘ Union attempts to cut Confederate supply and retreat routes ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
crosses	Appomattox River NERFINISHED ⓘ
currentUse	pedestrian and recreational bridge ⓘ
dateOfEvent	April 1865 (Civil War actions at the bridge) ⓘ
elevationAboveWater	approximately 125 feet ⓘ
heritageStatus	preserved historic structure ⓘ
historicalPeriod	American Civil War NERFINISHED ⓘ
length	over 2,400 feet ⓘ
locatedIn	Virginia ⓘ
maintainedBy	Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation NERFINISHED ⓘ
material	masonry piers ⓘ steel ⓘ
militarySignificance	control of bridge affected Lee’s line of retreat ⓘ
near	Farmville, Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableFor	role in the final days of the American Civil War ⓘ
originalFunction	railroad transportation ⓘ
partOf	High Bridge Trail State Park NERFINISHED ⓘ South Side Railroad NERFINISHED ⓘ
region	Appomattox River valley NERFINISHED ⓘ
relatedTo	Battle of High Bridge NERFINISHED ⓘ
significance	one of the highest and longest railroad bridges in the United States at time of use ⓘ
strategicImportance	key transportation link for Confederate forces ⓘ
threatenedBy	Union forces in April 1865 ⓘ
tourism	Civil War heritage tourism site ⓘ
usedBy	railroad ⓘ
usedDuring	Confederate retreat from Richmond and Petersburg NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Appomattox River → hasCrossing → High Bridge ⓘ

Battle of High Bridge → involvedStructure → High Bridge ⓘ

Battle of High Bridge → alsoKnownAs → High Bridge ⓘ

High Bridge → namedAfter → High Bridge ⓘ

this entity surface form: High Bridge (historic railroad bridge)