CSX - Bridgeport Lift Bridge

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 (L&N; 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 

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 

• L&N - Bridgeport Swing Bridge (Predecessor)

Sources 

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

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