Southern Railway

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Broadway Viaduct (Knox County, Tennessee)
Built 1927
Concrete tee bridge over Norfolk Southern railroad tracks on U.S. 11, U.S. 70, U.S. 441, State Highway 33 in downtown Knoxville
Functionally obsolete, but open to traffic

Burnside CNO&TP Railroad Bridge (Pulaski County, Kentucky)
Built in 1880 by the Cincinnati, New Orleans & Texas Pacific Railroad in cooperation with the city of Cincinnati, Ohio
Lost Pony/through plate girder bridge over Cumberland River on railroad
Replaced by a new bridge

Clinton Railroad Bridge (Anderson County, Tennessee)
Warren through truss bridge over Clinch River on Norfolk Southern Railway in Clinton
Open to traffic

CNO&TP Tunnel 19 (Morgan County, Tennessee)
Built in 1878 by the Cincinnati, New Orleans & Texas Pacific Railroad in cooperation with the city of Cincinnati, Ohio
Tunnel
Intact but closed to all traffic

CNO&TP Tunnel 21 (Morgan County, Tennessee)
Built in 1878 by the Cincinnati, New Orleans & Texas Pacific Railroad in cooperation with the city of Cincinnati, Ohio
Lost Tunnel
Removed but not replaced; 'daylighted' that is, top blown off and cut made.

CNO&TP Tunnel 23 (Morgan County, Tennessee)
Built in 1878 by the Cincinnati, New Orleans & Texas Pacific Railroad in cooperation with the city of Cincinnati, Ohio
Tunnel
Intact but closed to all traffic, near prefect condition

Colchester Road Bridge (Fairfax County, Virginia)
Built 1932
Concrete arch bridge over Colchester Road on the Norfolk Southern Railway
Open to traffic

CSX Cumberland Gap Tunnel (Claiborne County, Tennessee)
Built in 1888 -1889 by the Powell's Valley Railroad; sold the same year to the Knoxville, Cumberland Gap and Louisville Railroad; sold in 1896 to the Louisville & Nashville Railroad. Now owned by CSX Railroad to connect Norfolk-Southern RR
Tunnel under Cumberland Mountain on CSX Railroad at Cumberland Gap
Open to traffic

Cumberland River Railroad Bridge (Pulaski County, Kentucky)
Built ca. 1950 as a part of the Lake Cumberland project
Deck truss bridge over Cumberland River on Cincinnati Southern Railway and leased by Norfolk Southern
Open to traffic

Elk Gap Norfolk-Southern Tunnel (Campbell County, Tennessee)
Served as N-S spur connection to CSX main line near Jellico
Inactive tunnel under Elk Gap on former Norfolk Southern Railroad
Intact but closed to all traffic

Gregson Street Guillotine (Durham County, North Carolina)
Built 1940
Steel stringer bridge over NC-1327 (Gregson Street) on Southern Railroad
Open to traffic

Kershaw-Camden Highway Railroad Bridge (Lancaster County, South Carolina)
Steel stringer bridge over Kershaw-Camden Highway on railroad
Open to traffic

Lincoln Street Viaduct (Richland County, South Carolina)
Orginally built in 1900 for Seaboard Air Line, removed in 1991
Lost steel strignerridge over Blossom Street on Railroad
Removed but not replaced

Little Chucky Creek Stone Arch Bridge (Greene County, Tennessee)
Built 1858
Stone arch bridge over Little Chucky Creek on Railroad
Open to traffic

London Bridge Creek Railroad Bridge (Virginia Beach, Virginia)
Timber stringer bridge over London Bridge Creek


Margrave Avenue Timber Bridge (Roane County, Tennessee)
Timber stringer Queenspost bridge over CSX-Norfolk Southern connector on Margrave Avenue in Harriman
Closed to all traffic

N&W Franklin Road Overpass (Roanoke County, Virginia)
Bridge over Franklin Road on Norfolk Southern Railway
Open to traffic

New Tunnel 22 (Morgan County, Tennessee)
Built in 1963 as part of the tunnel bypass program
Tunnel under Tunnels through mountain on Railroad, approximately 40 - 50 trains per 24 hour period
Open to traffic

New Tunnel 24 (Morgan County, Tennessee)
Built 1963 by Southern Railway in cooperation with the city of Cincinnati, Ohio
Tunnel under Tunnels through Nemo Mountain on Railroad
Open to traffic, railroad tunnel, approximately 40 - 50 trains in a 24 hour period.

Norfolk Southern Holston River Bridge (Knox County, Tennessee)
Bridge is a replacement built back in the early 1900's, for the original bridge built around the Civil War (old bridge piers are still standing)
Warren through truss bridge over Holston River on Norfolk Southern Railway at Strawberry Plains
Rusty, but heavily-traveled single span through truss bridge

Norfolk Southern Railway Lake Pontchartrain Trestle (St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana)
Arguably the longest railroad bridge in the United States
Bridge over Lake Pontchartrain on Norfolk Southern Railway (former Southern Railway)
Open to traffic

Norfolk Southern Tennessee River Bridge at Knoxville (Knox County, Tennessee)
Built piers Pre-Civil War, covered wood main span completed 1867, steel pin joints installed 1903
Pratt through truss bridge, with Warren deck truss approaches over Tennessee River, Neyland Drive on Norfolk Southern Railroad
Open to traffic

Norfolk Southern Watauga Bridge (Carter County, Tennessee)
Deck plate girder bridge over Watauga River on Norfolk Southern Railway
Open to traffic

Norfolk Southern West Pearl Swing Bridge (St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana)
Railroad swing bridge over Pearl River, West Fork navigation channel on Norfolk Southern Railroad
Open to traffic

Norfolk Southern-Surgoinsville Underpass (Hawkins County, Tennessee)
Built 1907
Steel stringer bridge over Surgoinsville Creek, Millers Bluff Road on Norfolk Southern Railway
Open to traffic

NS 8th Avenue Overpass (Gaston County, North Carolina)
Built 1918
Slab bridge over 8th Avenue/Cramer Mountain Road on Southern Railway
Open to traffic

NS New Cut Road Overpass (Spartanburg County, South Carolina)
Built 1918
Bridge over New Cut Road on Norfolk Southern Railway
Open to traffic

NS South Fork Catawba River Bridge (Gaston County, North Carolina)
Built 1918
Closed-spandrel arch bridge over South Fork Catawba River on Railroad
Open to traffic

Ocmulgee River Bridge (Pulaski County, Georgia)
Built 1890 Lost 1993
Lost Warren through truss with no verticals bridge over Ocmulgee River on Southern Railway Company
Removed

Old Cincinnati Southern New River Railroad Bridge (Scott County, Tennessee)
Built in 1879 by the Cincinnati, New Orleans and Texas Pacific Railway, for its Cincinnati Southern Line (later sold to Norfolk Southern Railway)
Abandoned Pratt deck truss bridge over New River once carried Cincinnati, New Orleans and Texas Pacific Railway's Cincinnati Southern Railroad (later Norfolk Southern), before being bypassed
Abandoned

Paint Rock Norfolk-Southern Bridge (Jackson County, Alabama)
Built 1914 by the Virginia Bridge & Iron Co.
Warren through truss bridge over Paint Rock River on Norlfolk Southern Railway
Open to traffic

Poplar Creek Railroad Bridge (Roane County, Tennessee)
Bridge was relocated here to serve the K-25 plant
Quadralateral Warren through truss bridge over Poplar Creek at the old K-25 Gaseous Diffusion Plant, Oak Ridge. Resembles a whipple truss which was very popular with railroads for their strength under heavy loads.
Open to traffic

Rock Creek Bridge #1 (Morgan County, Tennessee)
Built in 1906 by the Cincinnati, New Orleans & Texas Pacific Railroad in cooperation with the city of Cincinnati, Ohio
Deck girder bridge over Rock Creek on railroad
Open

Southern Railroad Bridge (Walker County, Alabama)
Built 1932
Deck girder bridge over Al 18 on Southern RR
Open to traffic

Southern Railway (Gervais St) Bridge (Richland County, South Carolina)
Built 1956
Steel stringer bridge over Gervais Street on Railroad
Open to traffic

Southern Railway Bridge (Cleveland County, North Carolina)
Abandoned pratt deck truss bridge over First Broad River on Old Southern Railway
Abandoned

Southern Railway Bridge (Fairfield County, South Carolina)
Built 1904 by the american bridge co. to replace a previous bridge burnt during the civil war. Last railroad use was in the mid-1990s by Norfolk Southern. Line was originally part of the Columbia and Greenville and later Southern Railway.
Warren through truss bridge over Broad River on Rail to Trail Formerly Southern Railway
Open to pedestrians

Vandalia Railroad Bachelor Run bridge (Carroll County, Indiana)
Part of rail line from Terre Haute to Logansport originally, once hosted Amtrak in early 1970's. Line sold to Winamac Southern in 1990's. Line is abandoned South of Bringhurst to Frankfort, but remains to Logansport
Bridge over Bachelor Run on Winamac Southern Railway owned, US Rail Corporation operated(nee Conrail, Penn Central, PRR, Vandalia, Logansport Terre Haute and Southwestern)
Open to traffic

West Fifth Avenue Viaduct (Knox County, Tennessee)
Built 1935; rehabilitated 1992
Concrete tee beam bridge over Norfolk-Southern Railroad and Second Creek (west spans on a 30-degree skew) on West Fifth Avenue in Knoxville