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FCRD - St. Mary's River Bridge

Nassau County, Florida, and Camden County, Georgia

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Seaboard Air Line Railway St. Mary's River Bridge

Photo taken by C Hanchey in January 2012

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BH Photo #223064

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    Facts 

    Overview
    Deck plate girder bridge over St. Mary's River on First Coast Railroad
    Location
    Nassau County, Florida, and Camden County, Georgia
    Status
    Open to traffic
    History
    Built 1926 by the Mt. Vernon Bridge Co. for the Seaboard Air Line Railway
    Builders
    - A. Bentley & Sons Co. of Jacksonville, Florida
    - Mt. Vernon Bridge Co. of Mt. Vernon, Ohio
    Railroads
    - Family Lines System (FL)
    - First Coast Railroad (FCRD)
    - Genesee & Wyoming Inc. (G&W)
    - Seaboard Air Line Railway (SAL)
    - Seaboard Coast Line Railroad (SCL)
    - Seaboard System Railroad (SBD)
    Design
    Deck plate girder
    Also called
    SBD - St. Mary's River Bridge
    SCL - St. Mary's River Bridge
    SAL - St. Mary's River Bridge
    Approximate latitude, longitude
    +30.74148, -81.68855   (decimal degrees)
    30°44'29" N, 81°41'19" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
    Approximate UTM coordinates
    17/434089/3401154 (zone/easting/northing)
    Quadrangle map:
    Gross
    Inventory number
    BH 50869 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

    Categories 

    A. Bentley & Sons Co. (1)
    Built 1926 (693)
    Built during 1920s (9,172)
    Camden County, Georgia (5)
    Deck girder (4,823)
    Family Lines System (76)
    First Coast Railroad (2)
    Florida (605)
    Genesee & Wyoming Inc. (75)
    Georgia (564)
    Girder (8,654)
    Have street view (24,134)
    		 Movable (2,776)
    Mt. Vernon Bridge Co. (57)
    Nassau County, Florida (6)
    Open (37,573)
    Owned by railroad (10,520)
    Plate girder (6,621)
    Railroad (13,881)
    Seaboard Air Line Railway (71)
    Seaboard Coast Line Railroad (140)
    Seaboard System Railroad (101)
    State line crossing (757)
    Swing (1,320)

    Update Log 

    • December 12, 2015: New Street View added by Douglas Butler
    • October 7, 2013: New Street View added by J.P.
    • August 24, 2013: New photo from Douglas Butler
    • January 8, 2012: Updated by C Hanchey: Added category "First Coast Railroad"

    Sources 

    • C Hanchey - cmh2315fl [at] yahoo [dot] com
    • Douglas Butler
    • J.P. - wildcatjon2000 [at] gmail [dot] com

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