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CSX - Miami River Drawbridge

Miami-Dade County, Florida

Photos 

Angled View

Photo taken by James F. Gentner in April 2009

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BH Photo #139494

Map 

Street Views 

Facts 

Overview
Bascule truss bridge over Tamiami Canal on CSX Railroad in Miami
Location
Hialeah, Miami-Dade County, Florida
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built in 1926 for the Seaboard Air Line Railway
Builders
- American Bridge Co. of New York
- Yaskin Engineering Inc of Miami, Florida
Railroads
- CSX Railroad (CSX)
- Commuter Rail
- Family Lines System (FL)
- Seaboard Air Line Railway (SAL)
- Seaboard Coast Line Railroad (SCL)
- Seaboard System Railroad (SBD)
- Tri-Rail (TRCX)
Design
Pratt through truss
Also called
TCRX - Miami River Drawbridge
Approximate latitude, longitude
+25.80595, -80.25853   (decimal degrees)
25°48'21" N, 80°15'31" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
17/574326/2854403 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Hialeah
Inventory number
BH 42493 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

American Bridge Co. (1,530)
Bascule (1,075)
Built 1926 (790)
Built during 1920s (9,997)
CSX Railroad (1,677)
Commuter Rail (439)
Family Lines System (79)
Florida (668)
Have street view (27,135)
Hialeah, Florida (2)
Miami-Dade County, Florida (60)
Movable (3,006)
Navigable waterway (2,155)
 Open (40,023)
Owned by railroad (12,596)
Pratt through truss (5,464)
Pratt truss (9,405)
Railroad (15,695)
Scherzer-type rolling lift (70)
Seaboard Air Line Railway (116)
Seaboard Coast Line Railroad (199)
Seaboard System Railroad (105)
Through truss (15,286)
Tri-Rail (3)
Truss (33,149)
Yaskin Engineering Inc (3)

Update Log 

  • July 9, 2020: New photos from Patrick Gurwell
  • January 16, 2016: New Street View added by Douglas Butler
  • November 30, 2015: New Street View added by Douglas Butler
  • June 10, 2015: New photo from Phillip Pessar
  • June 8, 2015: Updated by Douglas Butler: New bridge prosposal
  • August 30, 2013: New Street View added by Douglas Butler
  • July 27, 2013: Updated by Luke Harden: Added categories "Navigable waterway", "Railroad"
  • May 1, 2009: Added by James F. Gentner

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