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Amelia River Swing Bridge

Nassau County, Florida
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Amelia River Swing Bridge

Photo taken by C Hanchey in January 2012

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Overview
Polygonal Warren through truss bridge over Amelia River on First Coast Railroad (formerly Seaboard Air Line Railway)
Location
Nassau County, Florida
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1920 by the Virginia Bridge & Iron Co.
Builder
- Virginia Bridge & Iron Co. of Roanoke, Virginia
Design
Polygonal Warren through truss
Approximate latitude, longitude
+30.62900, -81.48427   (decimal degrees)
30°37'44" N, 81°29'03" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
17/453590/3388587 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map
Fernandina Beach
Inventory number
BH 50870 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Amelia River (1)
Built 1920 (698)
Built during 1920s (7,033)
First Coast Railroad (2)
Florida (341)
Genesee & Wyoming Inc. (29)
Movable (1,355)
Nassau County, Florida (4)
Open (28,314)
 Owned by railroad (4,045)
Polygonal Warren through truss (301)
Polygonal Warren truss (739)
Seaboard Air Line Railway (16)
Swing (534)
Through truss (9,209)
Truss (23,573)
Virginia Bridge & Iron Co. (73)
Warren truss (3,961)

Update Log 

  • January 8, 2012: Updated by C Hanchey: Added categories "Amelia River", "First Coast Railroad"

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Amelia River Swing Bridge
Posted April 12, 2013, by bill Copeland (wlcopeland [at] bellsouth [dot] net)

I saw the pictures of the railroad bridge over the amelia river. Nice shots. How did the bridge tender get to the bridge to turn it for rail traffic. Thanks