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Lafayette Street Bridge (1st)

Hillsborough County, Florida

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Lafayette Street Bridge

Replaced

Photo taken by Douglas Butler in August 2016

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BH Photo #360532

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Description 

A description of the history and a photo of the bridge is here: http://www.tampapix.com/lafayette1.htm

Facts 

Overview
Lost Pratt through truss swing bridge over Hillsborough River on Lafayette Street
Location
Tampa, Hillsborough County, Florida
Status
Replaced by a new bridge
History
Built 1889; Replaced 1895
Builder
- King Bridge Co. of Cleveland, Ohio
Railroads
- Consumers Electric Light & Street Railway Co. (CEL&SR)
- Streetcar
Design
Pratt through truss
Approximate latitude, longitude
+27.94655, -82.46078   (decimal degrees)
27°56'48" N, 82°27'39" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
17/356293/3092140 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Tampa
Inventory number
BH 67750 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

19th Century (7,706)
Built 1889 (241)
Built during 1880s (2,020)
Consumers Electric Light & Street Railway Co. (3)
Florida (669)
Hillsborough County, Florida (35)
Hillsborough River (19)
King Bridge Co. (373)
Lost (25,531)
Lost 1895 (17)
Lost during 1890s (161)
Movable (3,021)
 Navigable waterway (2,164)
Owned by city (5,576)
Pratt through truss (5,492)
Pratt truss (9,446)
Rail-and-Road (384)
Railroad (15,791)
Replaced by new bridge (17,221)
Streetcar (282)
Swing (1,486)
Tampa, Florida (20)
Through truss (15,354)
Truss (33,256)

Update Log 

  • January 11, 2021: New photo from Geoff Hubbs
  • August 16, 2016: New photo from Douglas Butler
  • May 23, 2015: Added by Luke

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