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GSWR - Chattahoochee River Bridge

Barbour County, Alabama, and Quitman County, Georgia

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Overview
Baltimore through truss bridge over Chattahoochee River on South Carolina Central Railroad
Location
Georgetown, Barbour County, Alabama, and Quitman County, Georgia
Status
Open to traffic
Railroads
- Genesee & Wyoming Inc. (G&W)
- Georgia Southwestern Railroad (GSWR)
- South Carolina Central Railroad (SCRF)
Design
Baltimore through truss
Dimensions
Total length: 861.0 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+31.88331, -85.12969   (decimal degrees)
31°52'60" N, 85°07'47" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
16/676898/3529027 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Eufaula North
Inventory number
BH 58090 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Alabama (972)
Baltimore through truss (323)
Baltimore truss (353)
Barbour County, Alabama (5)
Chattahoochee River (23)
Eufala, Alabama (3)
Genesee & Wyoming Inc. (76)
Georgetown, Georgia (4)
Georgia (637)
Georgia Southwestern Railroad (4)
 Have street view (27,132)
Open (40,046)
Owned by railroad (12,595)
Quitman County, Georgia (5)
Railroad (15,664)
South Carolina Central Railroad (5)
State line crossing (859)
Through truss (15,284)
Total length 500-1000 feet (2,885)
Truss (33,138)

Update Log 

  • September 20, 2013: Updated by Luke Harden: Added categories "Georgia Southwestern Railroad", "South Carolina Central Railroad", "Genesee & Wyoming Inc."
  • September 20, 2013: Updated by J.P.: Added categories "Chattahoochee River", "Railroad"

Sources 

  • J.P. - wildcatjon2000 [at] gmail [dot] com
  • Luke
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GSWR Chattahoochee River Bridge
Posted November 21, 2013, by Joseph Hinson (joethephotog [at] yahoo [dot] com)

The South Carolina Central Railroad connection here is mainly from my understanding the grouping of railroads by RailTex in the 80s and 90s. RailTex was a shortline holding company later bought out by RailAmerica who was later bought out by GWI.

I would have to look up the ancestor railroads, by the South Carolina Central did not come to be until 1987.