The Virginia Creeper Trail, in the Blue Ridge Mountains, has 47 trestles and bridges.
Trestle number one starts the trail in Abingdon, near engine 433. Photos are in sequence from one to forty-seven and show the trestles and bridges from different perspectives.
Two
Three
Four - the Creeper Trail is frequently used by runners. This is from a marathon which crossed the Watauga Trestle.
Five
Six
Seven - the longest trestle or bridge on the trail, between Watauga and Alvarado.
Eight
Nine
Ten
Eleven
Twelve - Holston Trestle during record low water, September 2, 2007.
Thirteen
Fourteen
Fifteen
Sixteen - Damascus in wintertime.
Seventeen
Eighteen
Nineteen - twilight
Twenty - Whitetop Laurel is a kayaker playground during high water
Twenty-one - this trestle was washed away a few years ago and then rebuilt.
Twenty-two
Twenty-three
Twenty-four
Twenty-five
Twenty-six
Twenty-seven
Twenty-eight - one of several short bridges on the Creeper Trail.
Twenty-nine
Thirty
Thirty-one - a visitor from North Carolina whose family owns a bike shop in High Point.
Thirty-two - cables are to prevent the trestle washing away in a flood.
Thirty-three
Thirty-four - pilings from a destroyed trestle lie in the creek.
Thirty-five
Thirty-six - the beginnings of a beaver dam.
Thirty-seven
Thirty-eight - the high trestle at Creek Junction
Thirty-eight
Thirty-nine - Duke leads two hikers down the Creeper Trail
Forty
Forty-one - one of the few stop signs along the trail
Forty-two
Forty-three - a short bridge in Green Cove.
Forty-four
Forty-five
Forty-six - One of the highest and most beautiful trestles on the Virginia Creeper Trail. Ninety percent of most riders ride downhill from Whitetop to Damascus, and this is the first trestle they cross.
Forty-seven - Seen by only a few people. This small trestle is on the trail past the Whitetop Station toward North Carolina.
The end of the trail at the North Carolina line.
Somewhere in North Carolina, on the "Trail that could have been," Karen poses for a friend. North Carolina turned all of the railroad right-of-way back to adjoining landowners.
