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Old Tallassee and Montgomery Railway Bridge

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Old Tallassee and Montgomery Railway Bridge

Photo taken by C Hanchey in February 2011

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Overview
Abandoned pratt through truss bridge over Tallapoosa River on former Tallassee and Montgomery RR
Location
Macon County, Alabama, and Elmore County, Alabama
Status
Abandoned
Design
Two span Pratt through truss
Approximate latitude, longitude
+32.44955, -85.89767   (decimal degrees)
32°26'58" N, 85°53'52" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
16/603612/3590801 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map
Shorter
Inventory number
BH 48277 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Update Log 

  • September 1, 2011: New photos from Ben Tate
  • March 1, 2011: New Street View added by J.P.
  • February 26, 2011: Added by C Hanchey

Sources 

  • C Hanchey - cmh2315fl [at] yahoo [dot] com
  • J.P. - wildcatjon2000 [at] gmail [dot] com
  • Ben Tate - benji5221 [at] yahoo [dot] com

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Old Tallassee and Montgomery Railway Bridge
Posted July 1, 2012, by Jacob Hinson (mahinson_usn [at] yahoo [dot] com)

There was a bridge in the space between the two bridges. It was torn down when the new bridge was completed back around 2005 or so.