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Tice Railroad Bridge

Lee County, Florida
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Overview
Bascule bridge over the Caloosahatchee River on the Seminole Gulf Railway in North Fort Myers
Location
Lee County, Florida
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built ca. 1903 as a swing bridge by the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad; main span replaced 1977 with a bascule draw
Design
Bascule Through truss with wooden trestle approaches
Approximate latitude, longitude
+26.69444, -81.81502   (decimal degrees)
26°41'40" N, 81°48'54" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
17/418918/2952851 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map
Fort Myers
Inventory number
BH 12400 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Atlantic Coast Line Railroad (10)
Bascule (560)
Beam (6,159)
Built during 1900s (4,269)
Florida (341)
Lee County, Florida (7)
Lost 1977 (14)
Lost during 1970s (145)
Movable (1,360)
 Open (28,458)
Owned by railroad (4,123)
Pratt through truss (3,185)
Pratt truss (5,689)
Seminole Gulf Railway (1)
Through truss (9,256)
Timber stringer (1,895)
Truss (23,618)

Update Log 

  • December 4, 2006: Posted photo from Harvey Henkelman
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Tice Railroad Bridge
Posted January 22, 2011, by Anthony Dillon (spansaver [at] hotmail [dot] com)

Spansaver agrees with Spanfan......

Tice Railroad Bridge
Posted January 22, 2011, by Spanfan (susorcar [at] yahoo [dot] com)

Pic #2 is absolutely beautiful!