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CSX - Bridgeport Lift Bridge

Jackson County, Alabama

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Photo taken by Douglas Butler

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BH Photo #337849

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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 

    Alabama (930)
    Bridgeport, Alabama (6)
    Built 1981 (49)
    Built during 1980s (650)
    CSX Railroad (1,470)
    Family Lines System (77)
    Have street view (25,856)
    Jackson County, Alabama (26)
    Louisville & Nashville Railroad (202)
    Modern (2,187)
    Movable (2,870)
    Navigable waterway (2,094)
    		 Open (38,696)
    Owned by railroad (11,559)
    Railroad (14,816)
    Relocated (834)
    Seaboard System Railroad (102)
    Span Drive Vertical Lift (90)
    Through truss (14,343)
    Truss (31,637)
    Vertical lift (416)
    Virginia Bridge Co. (51)
    Warren through truss (1,576)
    Warren truss (6,339)

    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

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    Sources 

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

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