Virginia Street Bridge

History of Virginia Street Bridge
While ferries were transporting people and goods across the Truckee River in downtown Reno, the first bridge built was a simplified wooden span by Charles W. Fuller in 1860. A Truckee River flood washed away the bridge one year later, so Charles Fuller built a second wooden bridge and sold it to Myron Lake that same year. The second wooden bridge was destroyed from a flood in 1867, and Myron Lake built a third bridge that would become neglected upon the arrival of the transcontinental railroad. In 1877, a new iron bridge with an arch truss replaced the third wooden bridge. The iron bridge would stand until 1905, when the City of Reno relocated the iron bridge to Rock Street, and placed the current two-span concrete arch bridge on Virginia Street. The concrete arches and iron railing are a signature of the fifth and current version of the Virginia Street Bridge.