Rating:
48886
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5 votes
KCS - Black Warrior River Trestle
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Photo taken by Ben Tate in June 2011
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BH Photo #200833
Description
Historical Marker:
"This wooden and steel truss bridge was constructed for the Mobile and Ohio Railroad in 1898 by civil engineer Benjamin Hardaway, and 1887 graduate of The University of Alabama and former Tuscaloosa City Engineer. Originally 135-feet high with a 110-foot clearance, it was once considered by many to be the country's longest trestle at 3600 feet. This bridge, along with Old Locks One, Two and Three, greatly improved transportation in West Alabama and heralded an era of economic development in the early 20th century. In later years the M & O Railroad became successively the Gulf, Mobile & Ohio; the Illinois Central Gulf; and the Kansas City Southern."
Facts
- Overview
- Cantilevered Warren through truss bridge over Black Warrior River
- Location
- Tuscaloosa, Tuscaloosa County, Alabama
- Status
- Open to traffic
- History
- Built 1896-9; Steel truss span replaced 1924
- Builders
- - American Bridge Co. of New York (1924 Truss)
- Dunn, Leland & Bros. of Birmingham, Alabama (Original Truss)
- George M. Quigley & Co. (Trestling & Grading)
- Hanover Construction Co. (Engineers)
- Watkins & Hardaway of Birmingham, Alabama (Masonry)
- Railroads
- - Gulf, Mobile & Ohio Railroad (GMO)
- Illinois Central Railroad (IC; ICG (1972-1988))
- Kansas City Southern Railway (KCS)
- Mobile & Ohio Railroad (M&O)
- Design
- Timber trestle with Cantilevered Warren through truss span over the Black Warrior River
- Dimensions
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Total length: 3,600.0 ft. (0.7 mi.)
- Recognition
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Posted to the National Register of Historic Places
- Also called
- M&O - Black Warrior River Trestle
IC - Black Warrior River Trestle
GM&O - Black Warrior River Trestle
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +33.21359, -87.57649 (decimal degrees)
33°12'49" N, 87°34'35" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
- Approximate UTM coordinates
- 16/446276/3675114 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Tuscaloosa
- Inventory number
- BH 48886 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Update Log
- November 5, 2020: New photos from Geoff Hubbs
- September 30, 2014: New photos from Zachary S
- June 9, 2011: Added by Ben Tate