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LN - Bridgeport Swing Bridge
Photos
Photo taken by Douglas Butler
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BH Photo #337850
Description
The Bridgeport Swing Span Railroad Bridge embodies the distinctive characteristics of a type, period and method of construction. Its method of construction (pin-connected) is rare for a swing bridge.
-- Historic American Engineering Record
Facts
- Overview
- Camelback Warren through truss bridge over Tennessee River on CSX Railroad
- Location
- Bridgeport, Jackson County, Alabama
- Status
- Replaced by a new bridge
- History
- Swing span built 1892; 114'6" (East) truss replaced 1910 w/ a 114' 8¼” riveted span; 145' (West) truss replaced 1912 w/ a 2nd-hand 143'-3¾" riveted span fabricated in 1905; Swing replaced 1981
- Builder
- - Louisville Bridge & Iron Co. of Louisville, Kentucky (Swing span)
- Railroads
- - Family Lines System (FL)
- Louisville & Nashville Railroad (LN)
- Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis Railway
- Design
- Camelback through truss
- Dimensions
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Length of largest span: 364.0 ft.
Total length: 690.0 ft.
- Also called
- NC&StL - Bridgeport Swing Bridge
FL - Bridgeport Swing Bridge
NC - Bridgeport Swing Bridge
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +34.95608, -85.69439 (decimal degrees)
34°57'22" N, 85°41'40" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
- Approximate UTM coordinates
- 16/619206/3868950 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Bridgeport
- Elevation
- 622 ft. above sea level
- Inventory number
- BH 52692 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Update Log
- September 21, 2015: New photo from Douglas Butler
- September 20, 2015: Updated by Luke: Added info from the HAER
- September 14, 2014: New Street View added by Ralph Demars
- September 12, 2014: New photo from Douglas Butler
- October 13, 2013: Updated by Luke Harden: Added categories "Navigable waterway", "Tennessee River", "CSX Railroad", "Railroad", "Louisville & Nashville Railroad"
- October 13, 2013: New photos from Calvin Sneed
- October 7, 2013: New photo from Douglas Butler
- July 8, 2013: HAER photos posted by Ben Tate
- June 19, 2012: Added by Ben Tate
Sources
- Ben Tate - benji5221 [at] yahoo [dot] com
- HAER AL-8 - Bridgeport Swing Span Bridge, Spanning Tennessee River, Bridgeport, Jackson County, AL
- Douglas Butler
- Calvin Sneed - us43137415 [at] yahoo [dot] com
- Luke
- Flickr - Info
- Wikimapia - Info