Knightly Mill Road Bridge: 3D Terrestrial LIDAR Scan from 2026

A 3D dataset of the Knightly Mill Road bridge in Augusta County, Virginia, originally constructed around 1915. Data was collected on 30 March 2026 using four FARO Focus 3D terrestrial LIDAR scanners and processed with FARO Scene and Autodesk ReCap software. The dataset was created by a team from the University of Virginia.

Use Cases

• Structural analysis and condition assessment based on high-resolution 3D geometry.
• Historic preservation and documentation of early 20th-century bridge construction.
• Creating detailed digital twins for simulation or visualization projects.
• Comparing LIDAR data collection and processing techniques from different scanner models.
• Training or validating point-cloud processing and feature extraction algorithms.

Strengths

• Data collected using four specific LIDAR scanner models (X130, S70, S150), suggesting multi-sensor integration.
• Processing documented with specific software versions (FARO Scene v. 2023.0.1, Autodesk ReCap v. 2025).
• Collection date and personnel are explicitly recorded (30 March 2026, Will Rourk, Aya Yehia, Zhidong Zhang).

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• The exact scale (point count, file size) and available file formats are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

University of Virginia (Libra Data) Harvested Dataverse

Collection Method

Collected with terrestrial LIDAR scanners; processed with FARO Scene and Autodesk ReCap.

Time Range

Data collected 30 March 2026; bridge dates from circa 1915.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-07 06:10:07.

Geography

Knightly Mill Road (Virginia State Route 778) bridge, Augusta County, Virginia, USA.