AT&N - Tombigbee River Bridge

Photos 

Alabama, Pickens Co., Cochrane Railroad Bridge And Ferry 1.5 Miles N. From Cochrane On Ala. Route 17. Copy Of Photo By Jack Donnell, Columbus, Ms., 1927. West Ferry Landing Ferry Barge, Andcar In Foreground. Alabama, Tennessee & Northern (Later Frisc

Photo taken for the Historic American Engineering Record

View photos at Library of Congress

Map 

Facts 

Overview

Lost Warren through truss with all verticals bridge over Tombigbee River on Alabama, Tennessee & Northern RR

Location

Pickens County, Alabama

Status

Collapsed

History

Built 1908; Collapsed 1973

Railroads

- Alabama, Tennessee & Northern Railroad (AT&N)
- Mobile & Ohio Railroad (M&O)

Design

Warren through truss swing with all verticals

Also called

Cochrane Railroad Bridge

Approximate latitude, longitude

+33.08027, -88.23663   (decimal degrees)
33°04'49" N, 88°14'12" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")

Approximate UTM coordinates

16/384580/3660865 (zone/easting/northing)

Quadrangle map:

Aliceville South

Inventory number

BH 57030 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Update Log 

• July 13, 2017: New photo from Douglas Butler
• January 26, 2015: Updated by Dave King: Added approach design & category "HAER documented"
• July 11, 2013: Updated by Luke Harden: Added categories "Tombigbee River", "Alabama, Tennessee & Northern Railroad", "Railroad"
• July 8, 2013: Added by Ben Tate

Sources 

• Ben Tate - benji5221 [at] yahoo [dot] com
• HAER AL-7 - Bridges of the Upper Tombigbee River Valley, Cochrane, Pickens County, AL
• Dave King - DKinghawkfan [at] hotmail [dot] com
• Douglas Butler

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