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NS - Coosa River Bridge (Childersburg)
Description
Current bridge trusses constructed and put in place in 2001 to replace four 1906 pin-connected spans on same piers.
Facts
- Overview
- Parker through truss bridge over Coosa River on Railroads (NS)
- Location
- Talladega County, Alabama
- Status
- Open to traffic
- History
- Old spans at this locaiton (four 1906 pin-connected Pratt trusses) replaced by modern bolted trusses c. 2001
- Railroads
- - Central of Georgia Railway (CG)
- Norfolk Southern Railway (NS)
- Design
- Parker through truss
- Also called
- CG - Coosa River Bridge (Childersburg)
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +33.29107, -86.36365 (decimal degrees)
33°17'28" N, 86°21'49" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
- Approximate UTM coordinates
- 16/559249/3683736 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Childersburg
- Inventory number
- BH 59893 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Update Log
- March 11, 2014: Updated by Zachary S: Added category "Modern through truss"
- February 23, 2014: Added by Luke Harden
A bit of history I came across regarding this bridge... the original was built in 1906 but was replaced about a decade ago by NS because the condition of the bridge required trains to slow to exceptionally slow speed when crossing. The trusses that are present now are actually modern bolted trusses; the original 1906 trusses, presumably pin-connected, were dynamited and the new trusses slid into place. The original stone piers were used for the new crossing with minor modifications. A very interesting and detailed report the sources section. I'll update the bridge page accordingly.