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C & S Railroad Bridge

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Facts 

Overview
Lost Through truss bridge over Savannah River on C & S Railroad
Location
Chatham County, Georgia
Status
Removed
History
Lost Through truss swing bridge on old C & S Railroad near Savannah
Design
Through truss
Inventory number
BH 41884 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Chatham County, Georgia (16)
Georgia (387)
Lost (10,496)
Owned by railroad (4,121)
Savannah River (10)
Swing (537)
Through truss (9,255)
Truss (23,616)

Update Log 

  • March 26, 2009: Added by Kim Harvey

Comments 

C & S Railroad Bridge
Posted September 10, 2010, by Eugene Cain (uge2020 [at] yahoo [dot] com)

The C&S (Charleston and Savannah) Bridge was located further upstream from this location. This bridge later became part of the Seaboard Air Line when they constructed their line to Charleston. It was also replaced with a Bascule Bridge that lasted until 1952 when it was rebuilt into a Lift Bridge. On Oct 31, 1966 a ship struck the Bridge and caused major damage. The Bridge was repaired and continued to serve the SCL Railroad until April 21, 1971 when the Bridge was hit again, destroying it. The Bridge was removed and there is nothing there today. I believe the Picture is mislabeled but this was the Seaboard's bridge.