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CSX - Bridgeport Lift Bridge

Jackson County, Alabama

Photos 

Photo taken by Douglas Butler

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BH Photo #337849

Map 

Street View 

Facts 

Overview
Warren through truss bridge over Tennessee River Barge Channel on CSX Railroad
Location
Bridgeport, Jackson County, Alabama
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1981 using a lift span relocated from Danville,Tennessee/Kentucky Lake built in 1931
Builder
- Virginia Bridge Co. of Roanoke, Virginia
Railroads
- CSX Railroad (CSX)
- Family Lines System (FL)
- Louisville & Nashville Railroad (LN)
- Seaboard System Railroad (SBD)
Design
Warren through truss
Also called
FL - Bridgeport Lift Bridge
SBD - Bridgeport Lift Bridge
L&N - Bridgeport Lift Bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude
+34.95614, -85.69440   (decimal degrees)
34°57'22" N, 85°41'40" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
16/619205/3868957 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Bridgeport
Inventory number
BH 69281 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Alabama (971)
Bridgeport, Alabama (6)
Built 1981 (57)
Built during 1980s (703)
CSX Railroad (1,662)
Family Lines System (79)
Have street view (26,947)
Jackson County, Alabama (27)
Louisville & Nashville Railroad (278)
Modern (2,437)
Movable (2,972)
Navigable waterway (2,152)
 Open (39,882)
Owned by railroad (12,423)
Railroad (15,414)
Relocated (890)
Seaboard System Railroad (103)
Span Drive Vertical Lift (90)
Through truss (15,065)
Truss (32,788)
Vertical lift (420)
Virginia Bridge Co. (53)
Warren through truss (1,615)
Warren truss (6,564)

Update Log 

  • October 16, 2019: New photo from Geoff Hubbs
  • November 29, 2016: New photo from Douglas Butler
  • September 21, 2015: New photos from Calvin Sneed
  • September 21, 2015: New photo from Douglas Butler
  • September 20, 2015: New Street View added by Luke

Related Bridges 

Sources 

  • Luke
  • Wikimapia - Info
  • Douglas Butler
  • Calvin Sneed - us43137415 [at] yahoo [dot] com
  • Geoff Hubbs

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