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US 43 Florence Bridge
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Facts
- Overview
- Lost Parker through truss bridge over Sr 20 & Tennessee River on US 43
- Location
- Lauderdale County, Alabama
- Status
- Replaced by new bridge
- History
- Built in 1858, rebuilt in 1906 and 1938, replaced.
- Design
- Vertical Lift Bridge with Psrker through truss main span and concrete stringer approaches
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +34.79167, -87.67167 (decimal degrees)
34°47'30" N, 87°40'18" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 16/438553/3850145 (zone/easting/northing)
- USGS topographic map
- Florence
- Inventory number
- BH 52697 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Comments
US 43 Florence Bridge
This looks like a combination of correct and incorrect info for the old railroad bridge.
By the way, here is where the old vertical lift currently is now:
US 43 Florence Bridge
I've never heard of this bridge. The only vertical lift we had was put on the railroad bridge in the 1960s to replace a swing span. The old railroad bridge http://bridgehunter.com/al/lauderdale/old-railroad/ was a double decker that had a railroad on top and vehicular traffic on the bottom. The vehicular traffic was stopped after the new cantilevered truss O'Neal Bridge was built in 1939. http://bridgehunter.com/al/colbert/1901/
This is my home town, Jason. :)
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