Rivermont Bridge, Lynchburg, VA, circa 1907

Subjects: Bridges & Dams Town & City Views
Card type: Lithograph
Date: c. 1907 (Golden Age)

Back of Rivermont Bridge, Lynchburg, VA, circa 1907, c. 1907 lithograph postcard — Back

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A long steel viaduct carries a roadway across Blackwater Creek on the edge of Lynchburg, Virginia. The view looks along the span, with frame and brick houses, fenced yards, and grassy slopes on either side; a second, taller red-painted span rises behind it toward the right. The bridge linked the Rivermont residential section with Main Street and stood about 127 feet above the creek, carrying traffic between the neighborhood and downtown. Rivermont was developed on the bluffs above the James River in the 1890s, and the bridge tied the new neighborhood to downtown Lynchburg.

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PublisherRaphael Tuck & Sons

LYNCHBURG, Va. Rivermont Bridge. --- Raphael Tuck & Sons' Series No 2522, "Lynchburg, Va." ART PUBLISHERS TO THEIR MAJESTIES THE KING AND QUEEN. Photochromed in Saxony. TUCK'S POST CARD CARTE POSTALE. POSTKARTE. By Appointment. THE RIVERMONT BRIDGE is a handsome steel viaduct spanning Blackwater Creek, at a height of about 127 feet. It connects Rivermont (the growing residential section) with Main Street, and is 60 feet wide and 1100 feet long. It was built in 1890-1891 by the Edgemore Bridge Company at a cost of about $75,000, and was opened to the public on April 17th, 1891. (FOR ADDRESS ONLY)

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Publisher	Raphael Tuck & Sons
Series	Raphael Tuck & Sons' Series No 2522, "Lynchburg, Va."
Condition	Good
Place depicted	Lynchburg, VA
Notes	Thin white border; color lithograph with a small shield-shaped 'T' device at lower left of the view; divided-back era printing. No postmark. Divided-back Raphael Tuck & Sons' card, Series No 2522, "Lynchburg, Va.", "Photochromed in Saxony"; unused — no message or address, only a pencil "400" price mark at top right. Tuck's Artistic Series easel-and-palette trade mark printed inside the empty stamp box; no stamp applied. Light toning/soiling.

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Rivermont Bridge, Lynchburg, VA, circa 1907, postcard, c. 1907. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/rivermont-bridge-lynchburg-va-circa-1907. Accessed November 13, 2026.