Triple Crossing
The Triple Crossing in Richmond, Virginia, is one of two places in North America where three railroad lines cross at different levels at the same spot, the other being the BNSF operated Santa Fe Junction in Kansas City.Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
- Type: Tourist attraction
- Description: Richmond, Virginia, believed to be the only place in North America where three Class I railroads cross
- Also known as: “The Triple Crossing”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include James River and Kanawha Canal and Richmond Main Street Station.
James River and Kanawha Canal
Canal
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The James River and Kanawha Canal was a partially built canal in Virginia intended to facilitate shipments of passengers and freight by water between the western counties of Virginia and the coast.
Richmond Main Street Station
Railway station
Photo: Onemoregain, CC BY 3.0.
Richmond Main Street Station, officially the Main Street Station and Trainshed, is a historic railroad station and office building in Richmond, Virginia. Richmond Main Street Station is situated 1,000 feet northeast of Triple Crossing.
Virginia Holocaust Museum
Museum
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
The Virginia Holocaust Museum is a public history museum located in Richmond, Virginia, United States. The museum is dedicated to depicting the Holocaust through the personal stories of its victims. Virginia Holocaust Museum is situated 1,600 feet east of Triple Crossing.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Shockoe Slip and Shockoe Bottom.
Shockoe Slip
Neighborhood
Photo: Morgan Riley, CC BY 3.0.
Shockoe Slip is a district in the downtown area of Richmond, Virginia. The name "slip" referred to a narrow passageway leading from Main Street to where goods were loaded and unloaded from the former James River and Kanawha Canal.
Shockoe Bottom
Neighborhood
Shockoe Bottom, historically known as Shockoe Valley, is an area in Richmond, Virginia, just east of downtown, along the James River. Located between Shockoe Hill and Church Hill, Shockoe Bottom contains much of the land included in Colonel William Mayo's 1737 plan of Richmond, making it one of the city's oldest neighborhoods.
Richmond
Photo: jeff horne, CC BY 2.0.
Richmond is the capital of Virginia. Richmond has a population of 227,000 and the adjacent counties of Henrico and Chesterfield combine to create a local population of more than 1.3 million people.
Triple Crossing
- Categories: railway bridge and tourism
- Location: Richmond, Virginia, South, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
37.53196° or 37° 31′ 55″ northLongitude
-77.43139° or 77° 25′ 53″ westOpen location code
8794GHJ9+QCOpenStreetMap ID
node 4261567908OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attractionWikidata ID
Q7843362
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Japanese—“Triple Crossing” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “三铁交叉”
- Japanese: “リッチモンドのトリプルクロッシング”
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Highlights include CSX Bellwood Subdivision James River Bridge and Vauxhall Island.
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